Scrophularia musashiensis




Family Scrophulariaceae
Tribe Scrophularieae
Scientific name Scrophularia musashiensis Bonati
Synonyms none
Common name (Japanese common name) satsuki-hina-no-usutsubo (サツキヒナノウスツボ, 五月雛臼壷 [meaning: May rural mortar like pot])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (Kanto region (Chichibu, Oku-tama))
(Other nations) none
Habitat Mountain
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants bowing ca. 1m tall. Leaves 5-14cm long, 3-6cm wide. Flowers purple and green corollas ca. 9-11mm long, flowering in April to May (in native area). Perennial plants.
Note Rare species.
Scrophularia musashiensis Bonati var. ina-vallicola H. Takahashi occurs in Central region (Ina area, Mt. Ibuki)



August 2008
at Nikko Botanical Garden
August 2008
at Nikko Botanical Garden
August 2008
at Nikko Botanical Garden



August 2008
at Nikko Botanical Garden
August 2008
at Nikko Botanical Garden



August 2008
at Nikko Botanical Garden
August 2008
at Nikko Botanical Garden