Family | Caryophyllaceae |
Subfamily | Alsinoideae |
Tribe | Alsineae |
Scientific name | Stellaria monosperma Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don var. japonica Maximovicz |
Synonyms | Stellaria paniculilgera Makino |
Common name | (Japanese common name) oh-yama-hakobe (オオヤマハコベ, 大山繁縷 [meaning: large mountain hakobe (meaning of hakobe is unknown)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Iwate Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=44 |
Description | Plants 60-120cm tall. Leaves 7-12cm long. Flowers pedicels 3-4mm long, pale green calyx lobes 3-4mm long, white petals shorter than calyx lobes, flowering in August to September. Seeds ca. 2.5mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Stellaria monosperma Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don |
Stellaria monosperma var. japonica Maxim. |
September 2009 at Mt. Takao |
September 2009 at Mt. Takao |
September 2009 at Mt. Takao |
September 2009 at Mt. Takao |
August 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |