Family | Myrsinaceae (also placed in Primulaceae) |
Scientific name | Lysimachia japonica Thunberg |
Synonyms | Lysimachia japonica Thunberg forma subsessilis (F. Maekawa) Murata |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ko-nasubi (コナスビ, 小茄子 [meaning: small eggplant]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Malaysia, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka | |
Habitat | Roadside, farm yard |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18, 20, 22 |
Description | Plants creeping. Leaves 6-23mm long, 5-15mm wide. Flowers yellow corollas 5-7mm across, flowering in May to July. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Lysimachia japonica Thunberg |
July 2006 at lowland forest |
July 2006 at lowland forest |
July 2006 at lowland forest |