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]
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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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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]
Basal leaves and young flower bud
References
- Conandron ramondioides Flora of China
- Conandron ramondioides (in Japanese), Flora of Mikawa
- Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution. p. 813.
- Conandron ramondioides (in Japanese), Okayama University Plant Ecology Laboratory
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