Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
Subfamily | Lamioideae |
Scientific name | Lamium album L. var. barbatum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Franchet & Savatier |
Synonyms | Lamium album L. var. barbatum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Y. S. Kim & S. J. Park; Lamium album L. var. petiolatum Nakai; Lamium album L. var. petiolatyum (Royle) Nakai ex Bentham; Lamium barbatum Siebold & Zuccarini; Lamium barbatum Siebold & Zuccarini var. glabrescens C. Y. Wu & Hsuan; Lamium barbatum Siebold & Zuccarini var. hirsutum C. Y. Wu & Hsuan; Lamium barbatum Siebold & Zuccarini var. rigidum C. Y. Wu & Hsuan; Lamium barbatum sensu Komarov, non Siebold & Zuccarini; Lamium maculatum sensu Maximovicz, non L.; Lamium petiolatum sensu A. Gray, non Royle ex Bentham; Lamium petiolatum sensu Komarov, non Royle ex Bentham; Lamium petiolatum sensu Sugawara, non Royle ex Bentham |
Common name | (Japanese common name) odoriko-sou (オドリコソウ, 踊子草 [meaning: dancing girls weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Russia | |
Habitat | Mountane field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
Description | Plants 30-50cm tall. Leaves 5-10cm long, 3-6cm wide. Flowers pink or white corollas 3-3.5cm long, flowering in April to June. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Lamium barbatum Siebold & Zuccarini |
Lamium album L. | |
Detergent composition containing a quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant and a carboxylate anionic surfactant (US Patent 4919846/1990) | |
Cosmetics (US Patent 6497889/2002) | |
Inflammation Inhibitor Comprising Zinc Salt of Acylamino Acid (US Patent 20070099888) | |
Oral compositions (European Patent EP0321180/1992) | |
Note | Many non-Asian authors describe that Lamium barbatum Siebold & Zuccarini is a synonym of Lamium album L. (syn. Lamium album L. var. brachyodon Bordzilowski; Lamium archangelica Garsault; Lamium brachyodon (Bordzilowski) Kuprian; Lamium capitatum Smith; Lamium dumeticola Klokov; Lamium niveum hort. ex Reichenbach, non Schrader; Lamium parietariaefolium Bentham; Lamium petiolatum Royle ex Bentham). |
April 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
April 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
April 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
May 2006 at Yukiguni Botanical Garden |
May 2006 at Yukiguni Botanical Garden |
April 2006 at Mt. Aso |
May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
May 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |