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 |