Conandron ramondiodes

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Conandron ramondiodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Conandron
Species:
C. ramondiodes
Binomial name
Conandron ramondiodes

Conandron ramondioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is native to eastern Asia, where it is found in China, Japan, and Taiwan.[1] Its natural habitat is on damp rock faces, in forests and along streamsides.[2][1] It is a common species in Japan.[3]

It is a perennial, growing to ~30 cm tall. It has large basal leaves. Flowers are purple and produced in the summer.[1][3]

Its Japanese name (岩煙草) is "rock tobacco", in reference to the resemblance of its leaves to tobacco, and its preference to grow on exposed rock.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Conandron ramondioides Flora of China
  2. ^ Conandron ramondioides (in Japanese), Flora of Mikawa
  3. ^ a b Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution. p. 813.
  4. ^ Conandron ramondioides (in Japanese), Okayama University Plant Ecology Laboratory