…A perennial plant of the Scrophulariaceae family that grows in alpine grasslands (illustration). Many leaves grow densely at the end of a thick rhizome. The leaves are spoon-shaped or oval, 3-6 cm long. A flower stalk grows between the leaves, 5-10 cm high, and at the end of the stalk produces a raceme about 2 cm long, which produces a dozen small white or purple-blue flowers in summer. The corolla is short and tubular, with a large upper lip and a short lower lip with three lobes. There are four stamens. The capsule is oval. It is distributed from the western Himalayas to Kashmir. There are two species of Picrorhiza , and the other species, P. scrophulariiflora Pennell, is found in the eastern Himalayas from Nepal and Tibet to Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in China. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Picrorhiza" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…高山の草地に生えるゴマノハグサ科の多年草(イラスト)。太い根茎の先に多くの葉が密生する。葉はさじ形または卵形で,長さ3~6cm。葉の間から花茎を伸ばし,花茎は高さ5~10cm,先に長さ2cmほどの総状花序をつくり,夏,十数個の小さな白色または紫青色の花をつける。花冠は短い筒状の唇形,上唇1枚は大きく,下唇は短くて3裂する。おしべ4本。蒴果(さくか)は卵形。ヒマラヤ西部からカシミールに分布する。コオウレン属Picrorhizaには2種類あり,もう1種P.scrophulariiflora Pennellはヒマラヤ東部のネパール,チベットから中国の雲南省,四川省にみられる。… ※「Picrorhiza」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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