Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
Subfamily | Ajugoideae |
Scientific name | Ajuga yezoensis Maximovicz ex Franchet & Savatier var. tsukubana Nakai |
Synonyms | Ajuga tsukubana (Nakai) Okuyama ex Murata & T.Yamazaki |
Common name | (Japanese common name) tsukuba kin-mon-sou (ツクバキンモンソウ, 筑波金紋草 [meaning: Mt. Tsukuba golden emblem weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Kanto region) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=32 |
Description | Plants 5-15cm tall. Leaves 2-6cm long, 1-3cm wide. Flowers corollas 11-13mm long, upper petals 1mm long, flowering in April to May. Perennial plants. |
Note | Native to Japan. |
May 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
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May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
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May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |