Veronicastrum axillare ("Toranosuzukake")

Japanese name: トラノオスズカケ （虎尾鈴懸）
Scientific name: Veronicastrum axillare

[Overview]
A perennial found at forest edges.
The stems extend obliquely to 0.7–1.5 m long, with the tips drooping.
New plantlets form at the tips of stems that droop and touch the ground.
The leaves are simple and alternate, ovate, 6–11 cm long and 3–5 cm wide, and the underside is usually tinged with purple.
The leaf margin has pointed teeth.
Short panicles from the leaf axils bear dense flowers.
The flowers are 5 mm long and reddish purple to purple, and the 2 stamens project far out of the flower.
The fruit is an ovate capsule 3 mm long.

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