Samolus parviflorus ("Haihamabossu")

Japanese name: ハイハマボッス （這浜払子）
Scientific name: Samolus parviflorus

[Overview]
A perennial 10–30 cm tall, found on coasts and in wetlands in inland areas.
The stem is slender and branched.
The leaves are simple and alternate, elliptic to obovate, 2–6 cm long and 1–2 cm wide, with entire margins.
The leaf base gradually narrows and joins the stem.
A raceme at the top of the stem bears 10–20 flowers sparsely.
The flowers are white, 0.2–0.3 cm across, and the corolla is 5-lobed.
The fruit is a spherical capsule.

[Cultivation]
It is suited to growing under strong light at a water temperature of 18–28 °C.

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