Neanotis hirsuta var. glabra ("Ohashikagusa")

Japanese name: オオハシカグサ
Scientific name: Neanotis hirsuta var. glabra

[Overview]
An annual found in the shade of trees in hills, fields and by roadsides.
The stems branch and creep along the ground.
The leaves are simple and opposite, long ovate and about 4 cm long.
The leaves are soft, almost hairless, and glossy.
The stipules are semicircular and divided into 3–5 comb-like teeth.
One to several small white flowers bloom in the leaf axils, and the corolla is 4-lobed.
The calyx tube is hairless.
The fruit is a spherical capsule.

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