Japanese name: ジャコウソウ（麝香草） Scientific name:Chelonopsis moschata
[Overview]
A perennial 50–100 cm tall, found in damp places such as mountain valleys.
The stem is covered with coarse hairs, square in cross section, and extends at a slant.
Leaves are simple and opposite, broadly lanceolate, 10–20 cm long and 3–10 cm wide, with a long pointed tip and a toothed margin.
Hairs grow on the upper surface of the leaf and on the veins of the lower surface.
The petiole is 0.3–2 cm.
Cymes in the upper leaf axils bear 1–3 flowers each.
The flowers have stalks 0.2–0.7 cm long and bloom facing diagonally downward.
The corolla is reddish purple to pale pink, a thick tubular two-lipped flower 4–4.5 cm long.
The calyx is bell-shaped, turns reddish purple in the fruiting stage, and swells into a ball.
The fruit is a schizocarp.
[Notes]
Although the Japanese name includes "musk" (麝香), the plant is not very fragrant.
