幌菊 Ellisiophyllum pinnatum

  • Scientific Name: Ellisiophyllum pinnatum (Wall. ex Benth.) Makino
  • Ref: Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 20:91. 1906
  • Synonyms: Ourisia pinnata Wall. ex Benth., Hornemannia pinnata (Wall. ex Benth.) Benth., Moseleya pinnata (Wall. ex Benth.) Hemsl.
  • Chinese Common Name: 幌菊 huǎngjú
  • Japanese Common Name: キクガラクサ [菊唐草] kikugarakusa, ホロギク [幌菊] horogiku
  • Family: Plantaginaceae
  • Genus: Ellisiophyllum
  • Distribution: Grassland, along streams, sparse forests; 1500-2500 m. Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Japan, New Guinea, Philippines].
  • Photo: Mt. Emei, Sichuan
Perennials, creeping, densely pubescent except for corolla. Stolons to 1 m, rooting from nodes, internodes 1.5-4 cm. Petiole 2.5-6 X ca. 1.2 mm, as thick or slightly thicker than stolon; leaf blade ovate to oblong-ovate, 2-5 cm, papery, sparsely villous, margin lobed below middle and acutely crenate above middle, segments 5-9 and obovate. Pedicel subulate-triangular, nearly as long as petiole. Calyx 5-7 mm, membranous, lobes ovate to narrowly elliptic. Corolla white, funnelform, 7-12 mm; lobes oblong to spatulate. Capsule 4-5 mm in diam. Seeds few, subglobose, ca. 1.5 mm in diam. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep. (Flora of China)

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