Caryopteris divaricata




Family Verbenaceae (also placed in Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae))
Scientific name Caryopteris divaricata (Siebold et Zuccarini) Maximovicz
Synonyms Clerodendrum divaricatum Siebold & Zuccarini; Tripora divaricata (Maximovicz) P. D. Cantino
Common name (Japanese common name) karigane sou (カリガネソウ, 雁草 [meaning: wild geese weed]), hotate sou (ホタテソウ, 帆立草 [meaning: raising sail weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China
Habitat Forest edge
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants electing 100cm tall. Leaves 5-13cm long, 3-8mm wide. Flowers calyxs 2-3mm long (after flowering 5-6mm long), blue corollas tube 8-10mm long, 4 stamens, flowering in August to September. Seeds ca. 4mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Caryopteris divaricata Maxim.
Caryopteris divaricata Maximowicz



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