臭节草 Boenninghausenia albiflora

  • Scientific Name: Boenninghausenia albiflora (Hook.) Rchb. ex Meisn.
  • Ref: Pl. Vasc. Gen.:44. 1837
  • Synonyms: Bodinieria thalictrifolia H.Lév. & Vaniot; Boenninghausenia albiflora var. brevipes Franch.; B. albiflora var. pilosa Z.M.Tan; B. brevipes (Franch.) H. Lév.; B. japonica Sieb. ex Miq., B. schizocarpa S.Y.Hu; B. sessilicarpa H.Lév.; Ruta albiflora Hook.
  • Chinese Common Name: 臭节草 chòujiē∙cǎo, 石椒草 shíjiāo∙cǎo
  • Japanese Common Name: マツカゼソウ [松風草] matsukazesō
  • Family: Rutaceae
  • Genus: Boenninghausenia
  • Distribution: Open forests, grassy slopes; 500-2800 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, SE Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kashmir, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, N Vietnam].
  • Photo: 08/14/2010, Qingliang Peak, Zhejiang
  • Note: Flora of Japan IIc: 1-328 accepted B. albiflora var. japonica (Nakai ex Makino & Nemoto) H. Ohba as an infraspecifics, while FOC considered it is a synonym.
Plants to 1.2 m tall. Stems, branches, leaves, and inflorescences glabrous to pubescent. Larger leaves 4-16 cm; leaflet blades elliptic to obovate to broadly obovate to suborbicular, 0.5-2.5 × 0.4-1.5 cm. Inflorescences to 60 cm. Flowers globose to ovoid to ellipsoid to oblong in bud. Sepals 0.5-1.3 mm. Petals elliptic to obovate, or broadly so, 3.5-6 mm, apex acute to broadly rounded. Disk 0.3-0.5 mm. Gynophore in flowers at anthesis 0.3-1.5 mm, in fruit 0.6-5.5 mm. Fruit follicles 2.5-5 mm. Fl. and fr. May-Nov. (Flora of China)

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