Scutellaria indica




Family Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily Scutellarioideae
Scientific name Scutellaria indica L.
Synonyms Scutellaria indica L. forma amagiensis Sugimoto; Scutellaria indica L. forma leucantha T. Yamazaki; Scutellaria indica L. var. indica; Scutellaria indica L. var. indica forma ramosa C. Y. Wu & C. Chen; Scutellaria japonica Morren & Decaisne; Scutellaria japonica Morren & Decaisne var. typica Nakai; Scutellaria leucodasys Miquel; Scutellaria tashiroi Hayata
Common name (Japanese common name) tatsunami-sou (タツナミソウ, 立浪草 [meaning: sea spray weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, India
Habitat Mountane field
Chromosomal number 2n=26
Description Plants 20-40cm tall. Leaves 1-2.5cm long. Flowers purple or white (forma amagiensis) corollas 16-20mm long, flowering in May to June. Perennial plants.
Reference Scutellaria indica L.
Scutellaria indica Linnaeus
Chromosome numbers of Japanese Scutellaria (Lamiaceae)
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