Family | Rubiaceae |
Scientific name | Oldenlandia biflora L. |
Synonyms | Gerontogea racemosa (Lamarck) Chamisso & Schlechtendal; Gonotheca biflora (L.) Masamune; Hedyotis alsinifolia Zippelius ex Spanoghe, non R. Brown ex Wallich; Hedyotis biflora (L.) Lamarck; Hedyotis biflora (L.) Lamarck var. parvifolia Hooker et Arnott; Hedyotis biflora (L.) Lamarck var. uniflora Kurz; Hedyotis blumeana Steudel; Hedyotis burmanniana Schultes, non Wight & Arnott; Hedyotis coreana H. Léveillé; Hedyotis debilis Roemer & Schultes; Hedyotis dichotoma Cavanilles, non A. Richrd; Hedyotis media Cavanilles; Hedyotis multiflora Cavanilles; Hedyotis paniculata (L.) Lamarck; Hedyotis paniculata Rottler ex Wight & Arnott; Hedyotis racemosa Lamarck; Hedyotis ramosissima Blume; Hedyotis strigulosa (Bartling ex de Candolle) Fosberg; Hedyotis strigulosa (Bartling ex de Candolle) Fosberg var. coreana (H. Léveillé) T. Yamazaki; Hedyotis strigulosa (Bartling ex de Candolle) Fosberg var. parvifolia (Hooker et Arnott) T. Yamazaki; Neanotis paniculata (L.) M. R. Almeida; Oldenlandia alata K. D. Koenig ex Roxburgh; Oldenlandia brachypoda Zollinger ex Miquel; Oldenlandia crassifolia de Candolle; Oldenlandia dichotoma (Cavanilles) Willdenow ex Chamisso & Schlechtendal; Oldenlandia multiflora (Cavanilles) de Candolle; Oldenlandia paniculata L.; Oldenlandia paniculata L. var. multiflora Miquel; Oldenlandia paniculata L. var. parvifolia A. Gray ex Maximovicz; Oldenlandia paniculata L. var. pygmaea Miquel; Oldenlandia radicans Roxburgh ex Wight & Arnott; Thecagonum biflorum (L.) Babu |
Common name | (Japanese common name) sonare mugura (ソナレムグラ, 磯馴葎 [meaning: coastal vine weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka | |
Habitat | Seaside rocks |
Chromosomal number | 2n=54, 72 |
Description | Plants 5-20cm tall, non hair. Leaves waxy, 1-2.5cm long, 7-12mm wide. Flowers white ca. 1.5-2mm across, flowering in July to September. Fruits 4-5mm across. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Oldenlandia biflora L. |
Hedyotis biflora (L.) Lam. |
July 2008 at Ishigaki Island |
July 2008 at Ishigaki Island |