Family | Loganiaceae |
Scientific name | Mitrasacme pygmaea R. Brown |
Synonyms | Androsace tonkinensis Bonati; Mitrasacme capillaris Wallich ex Roxburgh; Mitrasacme chinensis Grisebach; Mitrasacme galiifolia Masamune & Syozi; Mitrasacme lutea H. Léveillé; Mitrasacme malaccensis Wight; Mitrasacme nudicaulis Reinwardt ex Blume; Mitrasacme pygmaea R. Brown var. malaccensis (Wight) H. Hara |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ainae (アイナエ, 藍苗 [meaning of ainae is unknown]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Australia, Micronesia, New Caledonia | |
Habitat | Field, roadside |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 5-20cm tall. Leaves 3-15mm long, 2-6mm wide. Flowers pedicelets 5-20mm long, white corollas ca. 4mm long, 4 stamens, flowering in August to October. Fruits ca. 3mm long. Annual plants. |
Reference | Mitrasacme pygmaea R. Brown |
Mitrasacme pygmaea R.Br. |
September 2006 at mountane field |
September 2006 at mountane field |
September 2006 at mountane field |
August 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
September 2006 Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
August 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |