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 |