Family | Campanulaceae |
Subfamily | Campanuloideae |
Scientific name | Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier |
Synonyms | Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier forma hispidula Shimizu; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier forma linearifolia Takeda; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier forma multifida H. Hara; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier forma nipponica (Kitamura) H. Hara; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier forma stenophylla (Kitamura) H. Hara; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier var. persicaria Ohwi; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier var. stenophylla (Kitamura) Ohwi |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hime-shajin (ヒメシャジン, 姫沙参 [meaning: tiny shajin (shajin = Japanese pronunciation of old Chinese common name of Adenophora triphylla var. japonica)]), miyama-shajin (ミヤマシャジン, 深山沙参 [meaning: high mountains shajin]), oh-bana-no-hime-shajin (オオバナノヒメシャジン, 大花姫沙参 [meaning: large flower tiny shajin]), hosoba-hime-shajin (ホソバヒメシャジン, 細葉姫沙参 [meaning: narrow leaved tiny shajin]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Alpine or subalpine rocks. |
Chromosomal number | 2n=34 |
Description | Plants electing 20-40cm tall. Leaves 3-7cm long. Flowers pale purple (or merely white) corolla ca. 1.5-2.5cm, flowering in August to September. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Adenophora nikoensis Franch. & Sav. |
A taxonomic study of the Adenophora nikoensis complex (Campanulaceae) : I. A. uryuensis and its identity | |
Adenophora |
June 2009 at my home |
June 2009 at my home |
June 2009 at my home |
(narrow leaf form) |
June 2009 at my home |