Plant Encyclopedia
Flowers of October 318 plants
Plants found in Japan that flower in October, in order of scientific name.
Acalypha australis (Asian copperleaf, "Enokigusa")
Aconitum japonicum subsp. japonicum ("Yamatorikabuto")
Aconitum japonicum subsp. napiforme ("Tannatorikabuto")
Aconogonon weyrichii var. weyrichii ("Urajirotade")
Actinostemma tenerum ("Gokizuru")
Adenocaulon himalaicum ("Nobuki")
Adenophora triphylla var. japonica ("Tsuriganeninjin")
Adenophora triphylla var. triphylla ("Saiyoshajin")
Adenostemma lavenia ("Numadaikon")
Aeschynomene indica (Indian jointvetch, "Kusanemu")
Agastache rugosa (Korean mint, "Kawamidori")
Agrimonia pilosa ver. japonica ("Kinmizuhiki")
Ainsliaea acerifolia var. subapoda ("Okumomijihaguma")
Ainsliaea apiculata var. apiculata ("Kikkohaguma")
Ainsliaea corfifolia var. cordifolia ("Teishoso")
Ainsliaea dissecta ("Enshuhaguma")
Alisma canaliculatum var. canaliculatum (channelled water plantain, "Heraomodaka")
Allium kiiense ("Kiiitorakkyo")
Allium thunbergii (Thunberg's chive, "Yamarakkyo")
Alysicarpus bracteata subsp. edgeworthii f. alba ("Shirobanayabumame")
Amphicarpaea bracteata subsp. edgeworthii ("Yabumame")
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica (Chinese anemone, "Shumeigiku")
Angelica decursiva ("Nodake")
Angelica keiskei ("Ashitaba")
Angelica polymorpha ("Shiranesenkyu")
Angelica pubescens var. pubescens ("Shishiudo")
Artemisia capillaris (capillary wormwood, "Kawarayomogi")
Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii (Korean wormwood, "Yomogi")
Artemisia japonica subsp. japonica var. japonica ("Otokoyomogi")
Artemisia monophylla ("Hitotsubayomogi")
Artemisia pedunculosa ("Miyamaotokoyomogi")
Arundinella hirta ("Todashiba")
Arundo donax (giant cane, "Danchiku")
Aster ageratoides var. ageratoides ("Shiroyomena")
Aster ageratoides var. intermedius ("Keshiroyomena")
Aster arenarius ("Hamabenogiku")
Aster glehnii var. hondoensis ("Gomana")
Aster hispidus var. hispidus ("Yamajinogiku")
Aster hispidus var. koidzumianus ("Buzennogiku")
Aster iinumae ("Yugagiku")
Aster microcephalus var. ovatus ("Nokongiku")
Aster robustus ("Oyugagiku")
Aster scaber ("Shirayamagiku")
Aster spathulifolius ("Darumagiku")
Aster tataricus (Tatarinow's aster, "Shion")
Aster yomena var. yomena
Atractylodes ovata (ovate-leaf atractylodes, "Okera")
Bidens bipinnata (Spanish needles beggar-ticks, "Kobanosendangusa")
Bidens tripartita var. tripartita (three-lobe beggartick, "Taukogi")
Boehmeria japonica ("Yabumao")
Boehmeria platanifolia ("Meyabumao")
Boehmeria sieboldiana ("Nagabayabumao")
Boehmeria spicata var. spicata ("Koakaso")
Boenninghausenia albiflora var. japonica ("Matsukazeso")
Burmannia championii ("Hinanoshakujo")
Calanthe masuca ("Onagaebine")
Camellia sasanqua (sasanqua camellia, "Sazanka")
Cardiandra alternifolia var. alternifolia ("Kusaajisai")
Carpesium abrotanoides ("Yabutabako")
Carpesium divaricatum ("Gankubiso")
Carpesium glossophyllum ("Sajigankubiso")
Carpesium macrocephalum ("Ogankubiso")
Caryopteris incana ("Dangiku")
Chamaecrista nomame ("Kawaraketsumei")
Chenopodium acuminatum var. acuminatum ("Marubaakaza")
Chrysanthemum indicum var. indicum ("Shimakangiku")
Chrysanthemum makinoi ("Ryunogiku")
Chrysanthemum pacificum ("Isogiku")
Chrysanthemum seticuspe f. boreale ("Kikutanigiku")
Cimicifuga biternata var. biternata ("Inushoma")
Cimicifuga simplex ("Sarashinashoma")
Cirsium amplexifolium ("Dakibahimeazami")
Cirsium buergeri ("Himeazami")
Cirsium comosum var. incomptum ("Toneazami")
Cirsium dipsacolepis var. dipsacolepis ("Moriazami")
Cirsium japonicum subsp. japonicum var. japonicum ("Noazami")
Cirsium microspicatum var. microspicatum ("Azumayamaazami")
Cirsium oligophyllum var. oligophyllum ("Noharaazami")
Cirsium pendulum var. pendulum ("Takaazami")
Cirsium sieboldii ("Kiseruazami")
Cirsium spicatum ("Yamaazami")
Cirsium suffultum ("Tsukushiazami")
Clematis lasiandra ("Takanehanshozuru")
Clerodendrum trichotomum var. trichotomum (harlequin glorybower, "Kusagi")
Clinopodium chinense subsp. chinense ("Okinawakurumabana")
Clinopodium micranthum var. micranthum ("Inutobana")
Codonopsis lanceolata var. lanceolata ("Tsuruninjin")
Comanthosphace japonica ("Tenninso")
Comanthosphace stellipila var. stellipila ("Mikaeriso")
Commelina benghalensis (Benghal dayflower, "Marubatsuyukusa")
Crepidiastrum denticulatum ("Yakushiso")
Crepidiastrum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum ("Hosobawadan")
Cuscuta japonica (Japanese dodder, "Nenashikazura")
Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii ("Ogarukaya")
Desmodium heterocarpon ("Shibahagi")
Dianthus japonicus (seashore pink, "Hamanadeshiko")
Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus ("Kawaranadeshiko")
Digitaria ciliaris (southern crabgrass, "Mehishiba")
Diplocyclos palmatus (native Bryony, "Okinawasuzumeuri")
Echinochloa crus-galli var. aristata ("Keinubie")
Echinochloa crus-galli var. crus-galli ("Inubie")
Echinochloa oryzicola ("Tainubie")
Echinops setifer ("Higotai")
Elaeagnus pungens (thorny olive, "Nawashirogumi")
Elatostema densiflorum ("Tokihokori")
Elatostema laetevirens ("Yamatokihokori")
Eleusine indica (Indian goosegrass, "Ohishiba")
Elliottia paniculata ("Hotsutsuji")
Elsholtzia ciliata ("Naginatakoju")
Eragrostis ferruginea ("Kazekusa")
Eragrostis minor (little lovegrass, "Kosuzumegaya")
Eriocaulon miquelianum var. miquelianum ("Inunohige")
Euchiton japonicus ("Chichikogusa")
Eupatorium laciniatum ("Sakebahiyodori")
Eupatorium lindleyanum var. lindleyanum ("Sawahiyodori")
Eupatorium makinoi ("Hiyodoribana")
Eupatorium makinoi var. makinoi ("Kikubahiyodori")
Euphorbia humifusa ("Nishikiso")
Eurya emarginata var. emarginata ("Hamahisakaki")
Fallopia japonica var. japonica (Asian knotweed, "Itadori")
Farfugium japonicum var. japonicum (leopard plant, "Tsuwabuki")
Fatoua villosa ("Kuwakusa")
Fatsia japonica var. japonica (glossy-leaf paper plant, "Yatsude")
Gentiana scabra var. buerugeri (Japanese gentian, "Rindo")
Gentiana triflora var. japonica ("Ezorindo")
Gentiana triflora var. japonica f. montana ("Ezoyamarindo")
Geranium thunbergii ("Gennoshoko")
Geranium thunbergii f. pallidum ("Shirobanagennoshoko")
Goodyera hachijoensis var. hachijoensis f. izuohsimensis ("Oshimashusuran")
Gymnosporia diversifolia ("Haritsurumasaki")
Hedera rhombea (Japanese ivy, "Kizuta")
Hemarthria sibirica ("Ushinoshippei")
Hemerocallis fulva var. littorea ("Hamakanzo")
Heterosmilax japonica ("Karasukibasankirai")
Hoya carnosa (porcelainflower, "Sakuraran")
Humulus scandens ("Kanamugura")
Hylotelephium erythrostictum (garden stonecrop, "Benkeiso")
Hylotelephium sieboldii var. sieboldii ("Misebaya")
Hylotelephium viride ("Aobenkei")
Impatiens hypophylla var. hypophylla ("Hagakuretsurifune")
Impatiens textorii ("Tsurifuneso")
Impatiens textorii f. nudipedicellata ("Nameratsurifuneso")
Ipomoea indica (blue dawn flower, "Noasagao")
Isodon effusus ("Sekiyanoakichoji")
Isodon inflexus ("Yamahakka")
Isodon japonicus var. japonicus ("Hikiokoshi")
Isodon longitubus ("Akichoji")
Isodon umbrosus var. latifolius ("Koshin'yamahakka")
Isodon umbrosus var. leucanthus f. kameba ("Kamebahikiokoshi")
Ixeris repens ("Hamanigana")
Justicia procumbens var. leucantha f. japonica ("Kitsunenomago")
Keiskea japonica ("Shimobashira")
Kummerowia striata (Japanese clover, "Yahazuso")
Leibnitzia anandria ("Senbon'yari")
Leptochloa chinensis (red sprangletop, "Azegaya")
Lespedeza cuneata var. cuneata ("Medohagi")
Lespedeza cuneata var. serpens ("Haimedohagi")
Lespedeza cyrtobotrya ("Marubahagi")
Lespedeza homoloba ("Tsukushihagi")
Lespedeza pilosa var. pilosa ("Nekohagi")
Lespedeza thunbergii subsp. patens ("Kehagi")
Ligularia fischeri ("Otakarako")
Ligularia stenocephala ("Metakarako")
Limnophila chinensis subsp. aromatica ("Shisokusa")
Limnophila sessiliflora (dwarf ambulia, "Kikumo")
Limonium tetragonum ("Hamasaji")
Linaria japonica ("Unran")
Lindernia crustacea ("Urikusa")
Lindernia procumbens ("Azena")
Liriope muscari (big blue lilyturf, "Yaburan")
Lithocarpus glaber ("Shiribukagashi")
Litsea japonica ("Hamabiwa")
Lobelia chinensis (Asian lobelia, "Mizokakushi")
Lophatherum gracile ("Sasakusa")
Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus ("Miyakogusa")
Ludwigia epilobioides subsp. epilobioides ("Chojitade")
Lycianthes biflora ("Mejirohozuki")
Lycium chinense (Chinese boxthorn, "Kuko")
Lycopus cavaleriei ("Koshirone")
Lycopus lucidus ("Shirone")
Lycopus maackianus ("Himeshirone")
Lycoris (genus, hurricane lilies)
Lycoris radiata var. radiata (hurricane lily, "Higanbana")
Lycoris traubii (golden spider lily, "Shokizuisen")
Lycoris × albiflora ("Shirobanamanjushage")
Mazus pumilus ("Tokiwahaze")
Melanthera prostrata ("Nekonoshita")
Melilotus officinalis subsp. suaveolens (yellow sweet clover, "Shinagawahagi")
Mentha canadensis (American wild mint, "Hakka")
Miscanthus oligostachyus var. oligostachyus ("Kariyasumodoki")
Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass, "Ogi")
Miscanthus sinensis (eulalia, "Susuki")
Miscanthus tinctorius ("Kariyasu")
Mollugo stricta ("Zakuroso")
Monochoria vaginalis var. vaginata ("Konagi")
Mosla dianthera ("Himejiso")
Mosla scabra ("Inukoju")
Murdannia keisak ("Ibokusa")
Nabalus tanakae ("Onigana")
Neolitsea sericea var. sericea ("Shirodamo")
Nipponanthemum nipponicum (Nippon daisy, "Hamagiku")
Nuphar japonica (East Asian yellow water-lily, "Kohone")
Oplismenus undulatifolius var. japinicus ("Kochijimizasa")
Oplismenus undulatifolius var. undulatifolius ("Kechijimizasa")
Orostachys japonica (rock pine, "Tsumerenge")
Orostachys malacophylla var. iwarenge ("Iwarenge")
Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus f. thunbergii ("Usugimokusei")
Osmanthus heterophyllus (holly osmanthus, "Hiiragi")
Ostericum sieboldii ("Yamazeri")
Ottelia alismoides ("Mizuobako")
Panicum bisulcatum ("Nukakibi")
Parasenecio maximowiczianus var. maximowiczianus ("Komoriso")
Parasenecio nikomontanus ("Okanikomori")
Parasenecio tanakae ("Inudona")
Parasenecio tebakoensis
Parnassia palustris var. palustris (marsh grass of Parnassus, "Umebachiso")
Patrinia scabiosifolia ("Ominaeshi")
Patrinia villosa ("Otokoeshi")
Pennisetum alopecuroides (Chinese pennisetum, "Chikarashiba")
Pennisetum alopecuroides f. viridescens (Chinese pennisetum, "Aochikarashiba")
Penthorum chinense ("Takonoashi")
Perilla citriodora ("Remon'egoma")
Perilla hirtella ("Toranojiso")
Perillula reptans ("Suzukoju")
Peristrophe japonica ("Haguroso")
Persicaria debilis ("Miyamatanisoba")
Persicaria filiformis ("Mizuhiki")
Persicaria filiformis f. albiflora ("Ginmizuhiki")
Persicaria japonica ("Shirobanasakuratade")
Persicaria longiseta ("Inutade")
Persicaria maculosa subsp. hirticaulis var. pubescens ("Harutade")
Persicaria muricata ("Yanonegusa")
Persicaria neofiliformis ("Shinmizuhiki")
Persicaria nepalensis ("Tanisoba")
Persicaria odorata subsp. conspicua ("Sakuratade")
Persicaria perfoliata ("Ishimikawa")
Persicaria posumbu var. posumbu ("Hanatade")
Persicaria sagittata ("Unagitsukami")
Persicaria senticosa ("Mamakonoshirinugui")
Persicaria thunbergii var. thunbergii ("Mizosoba")
Persicaria trigonocarpa ("Hosobainutade")
Pertya rigidula ("Kurumabahaguma")
Pertya robusta var. robusta ("Kashiwabahaguma")
Pertya scandens ("Koyaboki")
Phragmites australis ("Yoshi")
Phragmites japonicus ("Tsuruyoshi")
Phragmites karka ("Seitakayoshi")
Phyla nodiflora (frog fruit, "Iwadareso")
Phyllanthus lepidocarpus ("Komikanso")
Picris hieracioides subsp. japonica var. japonica ("Kozorina")
Pilea hamaoi ("Mizu")
Pilea pumila ("Aomizu")
Pogostemon yatabeanus ("Mizutorano")
Polygonum aviculare subsp. aviculare (common knotgrass, "Michiyanagi")
Pterocypsela indica ("Akinonogeshi")
Ranunculus silerifolius ("Kitsunenobotan")
Reineckea carnea ("Kichijoso")
Rhynchosia volubilis ("Tankirimame")
Rhynchospermum verticillatum ("Shubunso")
Rorippa cantoniensis ("Koinugarashi")
Rubus buergeri ("Fuyuichigo")
Sagittaria trifolia var. trifolia (arrowhead, "Omodaka")
Salvia glabrescens var. glabrescens ("Akigiri")
Salvia japonica ("Akinotamuraso")
Salvia nipponica var. nipponica ("Kibanaakigiri")
Sanguisorba albiflora ("Shirobanatouchiso")
Sanguisorba officinalis (great burnet, "Waremoko")
Saussurea pulchella ("Himehigotai")
Saxifraga cortusifolia var. cortusifolia ("Jinjiso")
Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina ("Daimonjiso")
Scaevola taccada ("Kusatobera")
Schoenoplectus triangulatus ("Kangarei")
Schoenoplectus triqueter ("Sankakui")
Scirpus wichurae ("Aburagaya")
Serratula coronata subsp. insularis ("Tamuraso")
Setaria faberi ("Akinoenokorogusa")
Setaria pallidefusca ("Kotsubukin'enokoro")
Setaria pumila (yellow foxtail, "Kin'enokoro")
Sida rhombifolia subsp. rhombifolia (arrowleaf sida, "Kingojika")
Sigesbeckia glabrescens ("Komenamomi")
Sigesbeckia pubescens ("Menamomi")
Silene baccifera var. japonica ("Nanbanhakobe")
Silene miqueliana ("Fushigurosenno")
Sium ninsi ("Mukagoninjin")
Solanum nigrum ("Inuhozuki")
Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica var. asiatica ("Akinokirinso")
Spodiopogon cotulifer var. cotulifer ("Aburasusuki")
Spodiopogon sibiricus ("Oaburasusuki")
Sporobolus fertilis var. fertilis ("Nezumino")
Spuriopimpinella calycina ("Kanotsumeso")
Stellaria neglecta (greater chickweed, "Midorihakobe")
Stellaria uliginosa var. undulata ("Nominofusuma")
Strobilanthes oligantha ("Suzumushibana")
Swertia bimaculata ("Akebonoso")
Swertia japonica var. japonica ("Senburi")
Swertia pseudochinensis ("Murasakisenburi")
Syneilesis palmata ("Yaburegasa")
Synurus excelsus ("Habayamabokuchi")
Synurus pungens var. pungens ("Oyamabokuchi")
Tetragonia tetragonoides (New Zealand spinach, "Tsuruna")
Titanotrichum oldhamii ("Matsumuraso")
Torenia concolor ("Tsururikusa")
Trapa japonica ("Hishi")
Triantha japonica ("Iwashobu")
Tricyrtis affinis ("Yamajinohototogisu")
Tricyrtis flava subsp. flava ("Kibananohototogisu")
Tricyrtis formosana ("Taiwanhototogisu")
Tricyrtis hirta var. hirta (toad lily, "Hototogisu")
Tricyrtis hirta var. hirta f. albescens ("Shirohototogisu")
Tricyrtis macranthopsis ("Kiijorohototogisu")
Tripterospermum japonicum var. japonicum ("Tsururindo")
Urtica thunbergiana ("Irakusa")
Utricularia bifida ("Mimikakigusa")
Vicia amoena ("Tsurufujibakama")
Vicia unijuga var. unijuga ("Nantenhagi")
Vigna angularis var. nipponensis ("Yabutsuruazuki")
Youngia japonica ("Onitabirako")
Zingiber mioga (mioga)