Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
Subamily | Nepetoideae |
Tribe | Mentheae |
Scientific name | Salvia lutescens (Koidzumi) Koidzumi var. crenata (Makino) Murata |
Synonyms | Salvia japonica Thunberg ex Murray var. intermedia forma crenata Makino; Salvia lutescens (Koidzumi) Koidzumi var. crenata (Makino) Murata forma leucantha Murata; Salvia lutescens (Koidzumi) Koidzumi var. intermedia (Makino) Murata forma crenata (Makino) Murata |
Common name | (Japanese common name) miyama-natsu-no-tamura-so (ミヤマナツノタムラソウ, 深山夏田村草 [meaning: mountain summer tamura weed (meaning of tamura is unknown)]), ke-natsu-no-tamura-sou (ケナツノタムラソウ, 毛夏田村草 [meaning: hairy summer tamura weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (north of Central region) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane field, forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=16 |
Description | Plants electing 20-50cm tall. Flowers pale purple or white (forma leucantha) corollas ca. 10mm long, flowering in June to August. Perennial plants. |
Note | Salvia lutescens Koidzumi var. intermedia (Makino) Murata (syn. Salvia omerocalyx Hayata var. intermedia (Makino) F. Maekawa, Japanese common name = natsu-no-tamura-so) occurs in west of Shizuoka Prefecture of Honshu. |
July 2008 at Mt. Haruna |
July 2008 at Mt. Haruna |
July 2008 at Mt. Haruna |
July 2008 at Mt. Haruna |