Limnophila aromatica




Family Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae; Veronicaceae)
Tribe Gratioleae
Scientific name Limnophila aromatica (Lamarck) Merrill
Synonyms Ambulia aromatica Lamarck; Ambulia gratissima (Blume) Nakai ex Furumi; Antirrhinum aquaticum Loureiro; Gratiola aromatica (Lamarck) Persoon; Limnophila aromaticoides Yang & Yen; Limnophila chinensis (Osbeck) Merrill subsp. aromatica (Lamarck) T. Yamazaki; Limnophila gratissima Blume; Limnophila punctata Blume; Limnophila punctata Blume var. subracemosa Bentham; Terebinthina aromatica (Lamarck) Kuntze
Common name (Japanese common name) shiso-kusa (シソクサ, 紫蘇草 [meaning: perilla weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Micronesia, Myanmar, Bhutan, India
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=68
Description Plants 10-30cm tall. Leaves 10-25mm long, 3-10mm wide. Flowers white (or merely pink) corollas 8-11mm, flowering in September to October. Annual plants.
Reference Limnophila aromatica (Lamarck) Merrill
Limnophila chinensis (Osbeck) Merr. subsp. aromatica (Lam.) T. Yamaz.
Method of decreasing a sessile bivalve population (US Patent 20040234629)
Aquatic plant product and method for making growth-sustaining plant matrix (US Patent 20060030489)



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