Adenophora nikoensis




Family Campanulaceae
Subfamily Campanuloideae
Scientific name Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier
Synonyms Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier forma hispidula Shimizu; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier forma linearifolia Takeda; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier forma multifida H. Hara; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier forma nipponica (Kitamura) H. Hara; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier forma stenophylla (Kitamura) H. Hara; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier var. persicaria Ohwi; Adenophora nikoensis Franchet & Savatier var. stenophylla (Kitamura) Ohwi
Common name (Japanese common name) hime-shajin (ヒメシャジン, 姫沙参 [meaning: tiny shajin (shajin = Japanese pronunciation of old Chinese common name of Adenophora triphylla var. japonica)]), miyama-shajin (ミヤマシャジン, 深山沙参 [meaning: high mountains shajin]), oh-bana-no-hime-shajin (オオバナノヒメシャジン, 大花姫沙参 [meaning: large flower tiny shajin]), hosoba-hime-shajin (ホソバヒメシャジン, 細葉姫沙参 [meaning: narrow leaved tiny shajin])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region)
(Other nations) none
Habitat Alpine or subalpine rocks.
Chromosomal number 2n=34
Description Plants electing 20-40cm tall. Leaves 3-7cm long. Flowers pale purple (or merely white) corolla ca. 1.5-2.5cm, flowering in August to September. Perennial plants.
Reference Adenophora nikoensis Franch. & Sav.
A taxonomic study of the Adenophora nikoensis complex (Campanulaceae) : I. A. uryuensis and its identity
Adenophora



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(narrow leaf form)
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