| Family |
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) |
| Subfamily |
Faboideae |
| Tribe |
Sophoreae |
| Scientific name |
Sophora flavescens Aiton |
| Synonyms |
Sophora angustifolia Siebold & Zuccarini; Sophora angustifolia Siebold
& Zuccarini var. stenophylla Makino & Nemoto; Sophora flavescens
Aiton forma angustifolia (Siebold & Zuccarini) Yakovlev; Sophora flavescens
Aiton subsp. angustifolia (Siebold & Zuccarini) Yakovlev; Sophora flavescens
Aiton var. angustifolia (Siebold & Zuccarini) Kitagawa; Sophora flavescens
Aiton var. stenophylla Hayata; Sophora macrosperma de Candolle; Sophora
tetragonocarpa Hayata |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) kurara (クララ, 苦参 or 久良良 [meaning: bitter weed which causes dizziness]), go-uji-goroshi (ゴウジゴロシ,
蛆殺 [meaning: worm killer]) |
| (English common name) shrubby sophora |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Mongolia |
| Habitat |
Subalpine or mountane field |
| Chromosomal number |
n=9, 2n=18 |
| Description |
Plants 80-150cm tall. Leaves 15-35 leaflets, each 2-4cm long, 5-14mm wide.
Flowers pale yellow ca. 15mm long, flowering in June to July. Fruits 5-8cm
long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Sophora flavescens Aiton |
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