Conandron ramondiodes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Genus: | Conandron |
Species: | C. ramondiodes
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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]
Conandron ramondiodes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Genus: | Conandron |
Species: | C. ramondiodes
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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]