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Malvaceae /
Aoika |
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Notes For Reference |
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Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Corchoropsis:
Corchoropsis
tomentosa /
Karasunogoma |
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Corchoropsis tomentosa (syn. C. crenata) / Karasunogoma
カラスノゴマ |
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Corchoropsis tomentosa,
a 30-90cm-tall annual herb, occurs on roadsides, fields, or the
like, with many stellate hairs on stems, leaves, sepals, capsules,
etc. Leaves are of opposite phyllotaxis, in an oval shape, 2-7cm in
length, 1.5-3.0cm in width. Flowers, yellow, 1.5-1.8cm in diameter,
singly put themselves on peduncles borne at axils, with five petals,
and linearly lanceolate sepals that turn backward. Stamens are
10-15, of which five are longer than the others and are staminodes.
Capsules are slender, 2.5-3.5cm in length. Bloom time:
August-September. |
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