Elatostema umbellatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Elatostema
Species:
E. umbellatum
Binomial name
Elatostema umbellatum
Synonyms

Elatostema japonica

Elatostema umbellatum is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family (Urticaceae). It is native to Japan, where it is found from the Kantō region westward.[1][2] Its natural habitat is in moist, deeply forested places in the mountains.[1]

It is a perennial, growing 20 to 30 cm tall. It has serrated leaves, 3 to 6 cm long, with up to 5 teeth per side. It produces umbels of small flowers in from March to May.[3]

It is similar to the wider-ranging and more robust Elatostema involucratum, which has been considered a variety of Elatostema umbellatum by some authors (as E. umbellatum var. majus).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution. p. 389.
  2. Elatostema japonicum (in Japanese), Flora of Mikawa
  3. Elatostema japonicum Prof. Summer's Web Garden
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