Mimulus sessilifolius




Family Phrymaceae (Also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Scientific name Mimulus sessilifolius Maximovicz
Synonyms none
Common name (Japanese common name) oh-ba mizo houdzuki (オオバミゾホオズキ, 大葉溝酸漿 [meaning: large leaved marsh houdzuki (houdzhuki = Physalis alkekengi var. francheti)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (Japan Sea side; north of Central region)
(Other nations) none
Habitat Stream or swamp (subalpine)
Chromosomal number 2n=32
Description Plants electing 20-40cm tall. Leaves 3-6cm long, 1.5-3.5cm wide. Flowers pedicels 1-3cm long, calyx 8-13mm long, yellow corollas 2.5-3cm long, flowering in July to August. Fruits ca. 1cm long. Perennial plants.
Note Mimulus moschatus Douglas ex Lindley var. sessilifolius A. Gray is not a synonym of Mimulus sessilifolius Maximovicz.



Photo by Madame Popow
July 2008
at Mt. Hiuchi