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 |