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Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genuss Dopatrium:

Dopatrium junceum / Abunome

Dopatrium junceum / Abunome アブノメ

Dopatrium junceum, an annual herb of 5-20cm in height, grows in wetlands like paddies. Leaves with no petioles are of opposite phyllotaxis, 1-2.5cm long, 3-5mm wide, narrowly long, oblong or lanceolate, with lips obtuse, and no serrations on margins. The leaves become smaller as they grow higher. The axils set themselves in light purple, with 4-5mm-long ligulate flowers, and the upper lips are cleft in two and lower in three. The upper lip has two stamens, and the lower lip has two staminodes. Calyxes cut themselves into five. Capsules are 2.5-3mm in diameter and spherical. Lower part axils generally generate cleistogamous flowers. Bloom time: August-October.