Mimulus nepalensis




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