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Cardamine tanakae

Cardamine tanakae ("Marubakonronso")

Japanese name: マルバコンロンソウ (丸葉崑崙草)
Scientific name: Cardamine tanakae

Cardamine tanakae

[Overview]
A biennial found in the shade of trees in the mountains.
The stem is 7–20 cm tall, and the stem, leaves and inflorescence are densely covered with white hairs.
The leaves are odd-pinnately compound, 5–13 cm long, with 1–3 pairs of leaflets.
The leaflets have short stalks and are round to ovate; the terminal leaflet is large, 1–3 cm long.
The leaf margins have blunt teeth.
The leaf bases have no auricles.
A short raceme at the top of the stem bears white four-petaled flowers about 1 cm across.
The petals are obovate, 5–7 mm long.
The fruit is a broadly linear silique 18–25 mm long, densely covered with hairs.
The seeds are arranged in a single row in the fruit.

Details

Names
Japanese: マルバコンロンソウ(丸葉崑崙草)、マルバノコンロンソウ(丸葉崑崙草)
Life form
Winter annual
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
April, May, June
Distribution or origin
Japan (Honshu to Kyushu)
Height
70–200 mm
Leaf shape
Odd-pinnate compound leaf
Leaf margin
Serrate
Inflorescence
Raceme
Number of petals
4
Flower color
White
Flower diameter
10
Leaf color
Green
Designated plants
Endemic to Japan

Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.

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