Clinopodium sachalinense




Family Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae
Scientific name Clinopodium sachalinense (F. Schmidt) Koidzumi
Synonyms Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) O. Kuntze var. sachalinense (F. Schmidt) Ohwi; Clinopodium multicaule (Maximovicz) Kuntze var. sachalinense (F. Schmidt) Ohwi
Common name (Japanese common name) miyama-tou-bana (ミヤマトウバナ, 深山搭花 [meaning: high mountain tower flowers])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Kinki region)
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea
Habitat Subalpine forest
Chromosomal number 2n=18
Description Plants 30-70cm tall. Stems mere hair. Leaves 2.5-6cm long, 1.5-4cm wide. Flowers inflorescences 3-10cm long, calyxs ca. 4mm long with short hair, white or pale pueple corollas ca. 6mm long, flowering in July to September. Fruits ca. 0.7mm long. Perennial plants.



August 2005
at Hachimantai Highland
August 2005
at Hachimantai Highland