Family | Phrymaceae (Also placed in Scrophulariaceae) |
Scientific name | Mimulus nepalensis Bentham |
Synonyms | Mimulus assamicus Griffith; Mimulus formosana Hayata; Mimulus inflatus (Miquel) Nakai; Mimulus nepalensis Bentham var. japonica Miquel ex Maximovicz; Mimulus nepalensis Bentham var. japonicus (Miquel) Miquel ex Maximovicz; Mimulus tenellus Bunge subsp. nepalensis (Bentham) D. Y. Hong ex H. P. Yang; Mimulus tenellus Bunge var. japonicus (Miquel) Handel-Mazzetti; Mimulus tenellus Bunge var. nepalensis (Bentham) P. C. Tsoong ex H. P. Yang; Torenia arisanensis Sasaki; Torenia inflata Miquel |
Common name | (Japanese common name) mizo houdzuki (ミゾホオズキ, 溝酸漿 [meaning: marsh houdzuki (houdzhuki = Physalis alkekengi var. francheti)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan, Nepal, India | |
Habitat | Mountane tream or swamp |
Chromosomal number | 2n=64 |
Description | Plants 10-30cm tall. Leaves 1.5-4cm long, 1-2.5cm wide. Flowers pedicels 1.5-3cm long, calyx 8-10mm (after flowering 10-15mm), yellow corollas 1.5-2cm long, 5 stamens, flowering in June to August. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Mimulus tenellus var. nepalensis (Benth.) Tsoong |
July 2008 at Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden |