Family:
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Acanthaceae /
Kitsunenomagoka, |
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Notes For Reference:- |
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Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus
Strobilanthes:
Strobilanthes oliganthus
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Suzumushibana |
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Strobilanthes oliganthus / Suzumushibana
スズムシバナ |
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Strobilanthes polyanthus is
a perennial that occurs in the shade of a tree in hilly districts.
Stems, with four obtuse ridges, grow to 30-80cm tall and are
sparsely branched, with long white hairs on the nodes. Leaves are
opposite with 1.5-5.5 cm-long petioles; the blades are broadly
oval-shaped, 4-9cm long, 2.5-7cm wide, and serrated. Branch tip set
peduncle-less flowers in a head-like way, bracts are leaf-like,
1-2cm long, in an orbicular-oval shape, and calyxes are deeply cleft
into five. Both bracts and calyxes have long hair, and corollas are
3-3.5cm long. Capsules measure 1.3cm in length. Bloom time:
September-October. |
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Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物
