Phryma leptostachya




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