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Melampyrum setaceum / Hosobamamakona ホソバママコナ

Bloom time: August-October
　 　
Family:
　		 Orobanchaceae /
Hamautsuboka


　

Species in the genus Melanmpyrum:


Melampyrum laxum var. laxum / Shikokumamakona
 Melampyrum laxum var. nikkoense / Miyamamamakona
 Melampyrum roseum v. japonicum / Mamakona
 Melampyrum roseum var. roseum / Tsushimamamakona
 Melampyrum setaceum / Hosobamamakona
　
　 　

Melampyrum setaceum / Hosobamamakona ホソバママコナ

 　
Melampyrum setaceum is an annual herb found in sunny grasslands or hill forest edges; slender stems are 25-50cm in height, with narrow leaves in opposite arrangement. The leaves, especially on the upper portions and the leafy bracts beneath the flowers, are equipped with long prickle-like serrations on the margins. Flowers, labiate, are dark red-purple. This species is hemiparasitic, as with all the other species in the genus. Bloom time: August-October.
　 　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　

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