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 |