Mitchella undulata




Family Rubiaceae
Scientific name Mitchella undulata Siebold & Zuccarini
Synonyms Mitchella repens L. subsp. undulata (Siebold & Zuccarini) H. Hara; Mitchella repens L. var. undulata (Siebold & Zuccarini) Makino; Mitchella undulata Siebold & Zuccarini forma minor (Masamune) Sugimmoto ex J. Yokoyama, T. Fukuda & Tsukaya; Mitchella undulata Siebold & Zuccarini var. minor Masamune
Common name (Japanese common name) tsuru-ari-dohshi (ツルアリドオシ, 蔓蟻通 [meaning: creeping ant picking needle]), hime-tsuru-ari-dohshi (ヒメツルアリドオシ, 姫蔓蟻通 [meaning: dwarf creeping ant picking needle])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, Taiwan
Habitat Mountaine wet forest
Chromosomal number 2n=22
Description Plants creeping 10-40cm long. Leaves evergreen, 0.8-1.5cm long, 0.4-1.2cm wide, petioles 2-5mm long. Flowers pedicels ca. 5mm long, white (or merely pink) corollas 1.5cm long, 4 stamens, flowering in June to July. Fruits red ca. 8mm across. Perennial plants.
Reference Mitchella undulata Siebold & Zucc.
Mitchella undulata Siebold & Zucc.
Morphological and molecular variation in Mitchella undulata, with special reference to the systematic treatment of the dwarf form from Yakushima



(male flower) (male flower) (male flower)
June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba
June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba
June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba



(female flower) (female flower)
June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba
June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba



June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba



June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba
June 2009
at Mt. Tsukuba