Dopatrium junceum




Family Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae; Veronicaceae)
Tribe Gratioleae
Scientific name Dopatrium junceum (Roxburgh) Buchanan-Hamilton ex Bentham
Synonyms Gratiola juncea Roxburgh
Common name (Japanese common name) abu-no-me (アブノメ, 虻の目 [meaning: horsefly's eyes])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Oceania, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=48
Description Plants electing 10-30cm tall. Leaves 1-2.5cm long, 3-5mm wide (upper lieves very small). Flowers pedicels 1-2mm long (after flowering ca. 7mm long), calyx 1.5mm long, pale purple corollas ca. 4-5mm long, 2 stamens, flowering in August to October. Fruits 2.5-3mm long, seeds 0.5mm long. Annual plants.
Reference Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.
Dopatrium junceum (Roxburgh) Buchanan-Hamilton ex Bentham



Photo by Mr. Ponpoko Photo by Mr. Ponpoko Photo by Mr. Ponpoko
August 2008
at rice paddy
August 2008
at rice paddy
August 2008
at rice paddy



Photo by Mr. Ponpoko
August 2008
at rice paddy