Scientific name | Vicia pseudo-orobus Fischer & C. A. Meyer |
Subfamily | Faboideae |
Tribe | Fabeae |
Synonyms | Vicia pseudoorobus Fischer & C. A. Meyer forma albiflora (Nakai) T. B. Lee; Vicia tanakae Franchet & Savatier |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ooba-kusa-fuji (オオバクサフジ, 大葉草藤 [large leaved herbal fuji (fuji = Wisteria floribunda)] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Mongolia | |
Habitat | Mountane field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=14 |
Description | Leaves 4-10 pairs leaflets, each 2-6cm long, 1-3cm wide. Flowers blue purple 13-15mm long, flowering in August to October. Fruits 2-3cm long, 4-5mm wide, non hair. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Vicia pseudo-orobus Fisch. & C. A. Mey. |
September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |