Mitrasacme pygmaea




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