Orychophragmus violaceus

Family	Brassicaceae
Scientific name	Orychophragmus violaceus (L.) O. E. Schulz
Synonyms	Brassica violacea L.; Arabis chanetii H. Léveillé; Cardamine potentillifolia H. Léveillé; Moricandia sonchifolia (Bunge) J. D. Hooker; Moricandia sonchifolia var. homaeophylla Hance; Orychophragmus diffusus Z. M. Tan & J. M. Xu; Orychophragmus hupehensis (Pampanini) Z. M. Tan & X. L. Zhang; Orychophragmus sonchifolius Bunge; Orychophragmus sonchifolius var. hupehensis Pampanini; Orychophragmus sonchifolius var. intermedius Pampanini; Orychophragmus sonchifolius var. subintegrifolius Pampanini; Orychophragmus taibaiensis Z. M. Tan & B. Z. Zhao; Orychophragmus violaceus var. homaeophyllus (Hance) O. E. Schulz; Orychophragmus violaceus var. hupehensis (Pampanini) O. E. Schulz; Orychophragmus violaceus var. intermedius (Pampanini) O. E. Schulz; Orychophragmus violaceus var. lasiocarpus Migo; Orychophragmus violaceus var. subintegrifolius (Pampanini) O. E. Schulz; Raphanus chanetii H. Léveillé; Raphanus courtoisii H. Léveillé; Raphanus violaceus (L.) Crantz.
Common name	(Japanese common name) shokatu-sai (ショカツサイ, 諸葛菜 [meaning: Japanese pronunciation of Chinese common name (zhu ge cai)]), hana daikon (ハナダイコン, 花大根 [meaning: flowering radish])
	(English common name) none
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
	(Other nations) [native] Korea, China
Habitat	Field
Chromosomal number	2n=24
Description	Plants 20-50cm tall. Flowers purple 3cm across, flowering in March to May. Winter annual plants.
Reference	Orychophragmus violaceus (L.) O. E. Schulz
	Orychophragmus violaceus (Linnaeus) O. E. Schulz
	Process of rapid variety-independent plant transformation (US Patent 7244876/2007)
	AtRSp gene promoters (US Patent 7256276/2007)
	Cestrum yellow leaf curling virus promoters (US Patent 7166770/2007)
Note	Naturalized plants (mainly introduced in 1939)

March 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden	March 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden	March 2006 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden