Galium kinuta




Family Rubiaceae
Scientific name Galium kinuta Nakai & Hara
Synonyms Galium boreale L. var. japonica Maximovicz
Common name (Japanese common name) kinuta-sou (キヌタソウ, 砧草 [meaning: kinuta weed (kinuta = traditional small hammer)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) China
Habitat Mountane forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=44
Description Plants electing 30-60cm tall. Leaves qurternate, each leaflet 2-8cm long, 0.8-2.5cm wide. Flowers white corollas 2.5mm across, flowering in July to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Hexahydrophthalic anilide derivatives (US Patent 5068365/1991)
Tetrahydrophthalimide derivative and herbicide composition containing same (US Patent 5169428/1992)



July 2007
at Mt. Tsukuba
July 2007
at Mt. Tsukuba
July 2007
at Mt. Tsukuba



July 2007
at Mt. Tsukuba
July 2007
at Mt. Tsukuba