Peracarpa carnosa




Family Campanulaceae
Subfamily Campanulaceae
Scientific name Peracarpa carnosa (Wallich) Hooker f. & Thomson
Synonyms Campanula circaeoides Fr. Schmidt ex Miquel; Peracarpa carnosa (Wallich) Hooker f. & Thomson forma macrantha H. Hara; Peracarpa carnosa (Wallich) Hooker f. & Thomson var. circaeoides (Fr. Schmidt ex Miquel) Makino ex H. Hara; Peracarpa carnosa (Wallich) Hooker f. & Thomson var. kiusiana H. Hara; Peracarpa carnosa (Wallich) Hooker f. & Thomson var. pumila H. Hara; Peracarpa circaeoides (Fr. Schmidt) Feer
Common name (Japanese common name) tani-gikyou (タニギキョウ, 谷桔梗 [meaning: mountane stream balloonflower])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea
Habitat Mountane forest or forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=28
Description Plants ca. 10cm tall. Leaves 8-25mm long, pedicels 5-15mm long. Flowers white corolla 5-8mm long, flowering in April to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Campanula circaeoides F. Schmidt



May 2006
at lowland forest
May 2009
at mountane streamside
May 2009
at mountane streamside



May 2009
at mountane forest edge
May 2009
at mountane streamside
May 2006
at lowland forest