Veronica kiusiana var. maritima




Family Plantaginaceae (also placed in Scrophulariaceae)
Tribe Veroniceae
Scientific name Veronica kiusiana Furumi var. maritima (Nakai) Yamazaki
Synonyms Pseudolysimachion kiusianum (Furumi) Yamazaki subsp. maritimum (Nakai) Yamazaki var. maritimum; Pseudolysimachion ovatum (Nakai) Yamazaki subsp. maritimum (Nakai) Yamazaki; Veronica kiusiana Furumi subsp. maritima (Nakai) Yamazaki
Common name (Japanese common name) echigo tora-no-o (エチゴトラノオ, 越後虎尾 [meaning: Echigo tiger tail (Echigo = an old name of Niigata Prefecture)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Japan Ses side of Honshu (north of Fukui Prefecture)
(Other nations) none
Habitat Seaside
Chromosomal number 2n=34?
Description Plants electing 30-80cm tall. Leaves 5-10cm long, 1.5-3.5cm wide. Flowers calyx 3mm long, pale purple or white corollas ca. 8mm across, flowering in July to October. Fruits 4-5mm long, seeds ca. 1mm long. Perennial plants.
Note Native to Japan. Rare species.



June 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
June 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
June 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



June 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden