Salvia japonica




Family Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae
Scientific name Salvia japonica Thunberg ex Murray
Synonyms Salvia chinensis Bentham var. typica Makino; Salvia diversifolia Miquel; Salvia fortunei Bentham; Salvia fushimiana Koidzumi; Salvia japonica Thunberg ex Murray var. fortunei (Bentham) Kudo; Salvia japonica Thunberg ex Murray var. integrifolia Franchet & Savatier; Salvia japonica Thunberg ex Murray var. ternata Franchet; Salvia japonica Thunberg ex Murray var. typica Makino; Salvia tsusimensis Nakai
Common name (Japanese common name) aki-no-tamura-sou (アキノタムラソウ, 秋田村草 [Autumn tamura weed (meaning of tamura is unknown)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan
Habitat Mountane field, forest edge
Chromosomal number 2n=16
Description Plants electing 20-80cm tall. Flowers calyxs ca. 5-6mm long, blue-purple corollas 11-13mm long, flowering in July to November. Perennial plants.
Reference Salvia japonica Thunberg



September 2006
at edge of forest
September 2006
at edge of forest
September 2006
at edge of forest



September 2006
at edge of forest
September 2006
at edge of forest
September 2006
at edge of forest