Family | Valerianaceae |
Scientific name | Valeriana flaccidissima Maximovicz |
Synonyms | Valeriana faberi Graebner; Valeriana hardwickii Wallich var. diversifolia Miquel; Valeriana nokozanensis Yamamoto |
Common name | (Japanese common name) turu-kanoko-sou (ツルカノコソウ, 蔓鹿子草 [meaning: vine dappled weed]), yama-kanoko-sou (ヤマカノコソウ, 山鹿子草 [meaning: mountain dappled weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Taiwan | |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 20-40cm tall. Flowers white or pale pink corolla 5-7mm across, flowering in April to May. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Hair dyeing by iridoid glycosides and aglycons thereof (US Patent 5078750/1992) |
May 2006 at edge of mountane forest |
May 2006 at edge of mountane forest |
May 2006 at edge of mountane forest |
May 2006 at edge of mountane forest |
May 2006 at edge of mountane forest |
May 2006 at edge of mountane forest |
May 2006 at edge of mountane forest |
May 2006 at edge of mountane forest |
May 2006 at edge of mountane forest |