Family | Caryophyllaceae |
Subfamily | Alsinoideae |
Tribe | Alsineae |
Scientific name | Stellaria alsine Grimm var. undulata (Thunberg) Ohwi |
Synonyms | Stellaria alsine Grimm var. phaenopetala Handel-Mazzetti; Stellaria japonica Miquel; Stellaria uliginosa Murray var. undulata (Thunberg) Fenzl |
Common name | (Japanese common name) nomi-no-fusuma (ノミノフスマ, 蚤ノ衾 [meaning: flea's bed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China | |
Habitat | Rice paddy, swamp, wet field |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 10-30cm tall. Leaves 10-20mm long. Flowers bracts 2.5mm long, pedicels 10-15mm long, calyxs 3-3.5mm, white petals longer than chalyxs, flowering in March to August. Seeds ca. 0.7mm long. Winter annual plants. |
Reference | Stellaria alsine var. alsine |
Stellaria alsine Grimm | |
Herbicidal phenoxy-phenoxy alkane carboxylic acid derivatives (US Patent 4070177/1978) | |
Herbicidal amide compounds and their uses (US Patent 4657581/1987) | |
Benzaldehyde oxime derivatives, production and use thereof (US Patent 5677465/1997) | |
2-Pyrimidinyloxy-n-aryl-benzylamine derivatives,their processes and uses (US Patent 6800590/2004) | |
Note | Some authors may describe that Stellaria alsine Grimm var. undulata (Thunberg) Ohwi is a synonym of Stellaria alsine Grimm. However, petals of Stellaria alsine (var. alsine) are shorter than calyx. |
March 2007 at rice paddy path |
March 2007 at rice paddy path |
March 2007 at rice paddy path |
March 2007 at rice paddy path |
March 2007 at rice paddy path |
March 2007 at rice paddy path |