Family | Hypericaceae (alt. Guttiferae) |
Scientific name | Hypericum kiusianum Koidzumi |
Synonyms | Hypericum pseudopetiolatum R. Keller var. kiusianum (Y. Kimura) Y. Kimura |
Common name | (Japanese common name) nagasaki-otogiri (ナガサキオトギリ, 長崎弟切 [meaning: Nagasaki City otogiri weed (otogiri = Hypericum weeds; original Japanese meaning is murderer of younger brother)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=32 |
Description | Plants electing 30-40cm tall. Leaves 2-3.5cm long, with many white sopts (at surface) and small number of black spots (at edge). Flowers yellow (with black spots at edge) ca. 1cm, flowering in July to August. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Taxonomical Studies on the Hypericum pseudopetiolatum Complex : III. Taxonomy |
Allozyme Variation in Hypericum pseudopetiolatum R. KELLER (Hypericaceae) in Hokkaido and Tohoku District | |
A karyomorphological study of the genusHypericum (Hypericaceae) in Japan | |
Note | Some authors have described that occurs also in Pacific Ocean side of Honshu (west of Kanto region). |
July 2008 at Mt. Rokko |
July 2008 at Mt. Rokko |
July 2008 at Mt. Rokko |
July 2008 at Mt. Rokko |
July 2008 at Mt. Rokko |