Pellionia brevifolia




Family Urticaceae
Scientific name Pellionia brevifolia Bentham
Synonyms Elatostema brevifolium (Bentham) A. Haller; Elatostema radicans (Siebold & Zuccarini) Weddell var. minimum (Makino) H. Schroeter; Pellionia minima Makino
Common name (Japanese common name) arage-ba sansho sou (アラゲサンショウソウ, 粗毛山椒草 [meaning: rough hairy sansho weed (sansho = Zanthoxylum piperitum)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Kyushu (Miyazaki Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture)
(Other nations) China
Habitat Mountane forest, forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=39
Description Leaves 1-3cm long. Flowers flowering in September to December. Perennial plants.
Reference  Pellionia brevifolia Bentham
Chromosome Numbers of Japanese Pellionia (Urticaceae)
Agent for hair growth (European Patent Application EP1915997/2008)



December 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
December 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden