Family | Phrymaceae |
Scientific name | Phryma leptostachya L. |
Synonyms | Leptostachia carolinensis Kuntze; Leptostachia leptostachya (L.) MacMillan; Phryma humilis Koidzumi; Phryma leptostachya Nakai; Phryma leptostachya L. subsp. asiatica (H. Hara) Kitamura; Phryma leptostachya L. subsp. asiatica (H. Hara) Kitamura var. nana (Koidzumi) H. Hara; Phryma leptostachya L. var. asiatica (H. Hara) Kitamura; Phryma leptostachya L. var. confertifolia Fernald; Phryma leptostachya L. var. humilis (Koidzumi) Hara; Phryma leptostachya L. var. nana (Koidzumi) Hara; Phryma media Rafinesque; Phryma mitchellii Endlicher; Phryma nana Koidzumi; Phryma parvifiora Rafinesque; Phryma pubescens Rafinesque |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hae-dokuso (ハエドクソウ, 蠅毒草 [meaning: fly poison weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Canada, USA | |
Habitat | Forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
Description | Plants 30-70cm tall. Leaves 7-15cm long, 4-7cm wide. Flowers white corollas 5mm, flowering in July to August. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Phryma leptostachya L. |
Phryma leptostachya L. |
June 2007 at lowland forest edge |
September 2008 at Ushiku Forest Park |
June 2007 at lowland forest edge |
June 2007 at lowland forest edge |
June 2007 at lowland forest edge |