Vincetoxicum ×purpurascens ("Murasakisuzumenogoke")

Japanese name: ムラサキスズメノオゴケ （紫雀苧小笥、紫雀麻小笥）
Scientific name: Vincetoxicum ×purpurascens

[Overview]
A perennial 30–60 cm tall, thought to be a hybrid of Iyo-kazura and Funabara-so.
The whole plant is densely covered with short hairs.
The stem is erect.
Leaves are simple and opposite, elliptic, with entire margins.
There is a short petiole.
Cymes emerge from the leaf axils and bear many flowers.
The flowers are star-shaped, about 1 cm across, and dark purple.

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