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Lycopus uniflorus / Ezoshirone エゾシロネ

Bloom time: August-September
　 　
Family:
　		 Lamiaceae /
Shisoka


　

Species in the genus Lycopus:


Lycopus lucidus / Shirone
 Lycopus maackianus / Himeshirone
 Lycopus ramosissimus var. japonicus / Koshirone
 Lycopus uniflorus / Ezoshirone
　
　 　

Lycopus uniflorus / Ezoshirone エゾシロネ

 　
Lycopus uniflorus, a perennial herb that extends slender rhizomes, inhabits wetlands in mountainous areas; stems grow to 20-40cm in height, with fine hairs all through. Leaves are of opposite phyllotaxis, in the shape of a long oblong-like lanceolate, 2-7cm in length, with obtuse serrations on margins. Axils densely set small white labiate flowers, some numbers each; corollas measure as large as two millimeters in length. Bloom time: August-September.
　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　

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