Family | Polygalaceae |
Scientific name | Salomonia ciliata (L.) de Candolle |
Synonyms | Salomonia arnottiana Miquel; Salomonia cavaleriei H. Léveillé; Salomonia ciliata (L.) de Candolle forma oblongifolia (de Candolle) V. S. Raju; Salomonia horneri Hasskarl; Salomonia oblongifolia de Candolle; Salomonia obovata Wight; Salomonia rigida Hasskarl; Salomonia sessilifolia D. Don; Salomonia setoso-ciliata Hasskarl; Salomonia stricta Siebold & Zuccarini |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hina-no-kanzashi (ヒナノカンザシ, 雛簪 [meaning: young girls' ornamental hairpin]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka | |
Habitat | Swamp |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants electing 6-30cm. Leaves 3-14mm. Flowers pale purple ca. 2mm, flowering in August to September. Annual plants. |
Reference | Salomonia ciliata (L.) DC. forma ciliata |
Salomonia ciliata (L.) DC. |
August 2007 at Naruto Swamp |
August 2007 at Naruto Swamp |
August 2007 at Naruto Swamp |