Oldenlandia biflora




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