Conandron ramondioides




Family Geseneriaceae
Scientific name Conandron ramondioides Siebold & Zuccarini
Synonyms Conandron ramondioides Siebold & Zuccarini forma leucanthus (Nakai) Okuyama; Conandron ramondioides Siebold & Zuccarini var. taiwanensis Masamune
Common name (Japanese common name) iwa-tabako (イワタバコ, 岩煙草 [meaning: rock tobacco])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Fukushima Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) China, Taiwan
Chromosomal number 2n=32
Description Leaves 10-50cm long. Flowers scapes 10-30cm long, purple (merely pink or white) corollas ca. 1.5cm across, flowering in June to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Conandron ramondioides Siebold & Zuccarini
Conandron ramondioides Siebold & Zucc.
Comparison of somatic chromosomes of Conandron ramondioides in three Japanese populations(Abstracts of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Chromosome Research)
Note Conandron ramondioides var. pilosus Makino is a hairly variation and flowering in May to June.



June 2007
at a nursery
June 2007
at a nursery
June 2007
at a nursery



August 2007
at Fukuroda Falls



April 2009
at mountane streamside rocks
April 2009
at mountane streamside rocks
April 2009
at mountane streamside rocks