Peracarpa

…A small perennial plant of the Campanulaceae family (illustration). It usually grows in semi-shaded, moist places such as under forests and in valleys. It is a Sino-Himalayan plant, distributed throughout Japan and China, and in the Himalayas there is a similar plant, Himalayan bellflower var. carnosa . The underground stem is white, thin, and well-branched, forming a clump. The aboveground stem is 5-15 cm tall, and the leaves, several of which grow on each branch, are oval, 8-25 mm long, 5-20 mm wide, and blunt at the tip. The flowers grow singly at the end of long stalks, about 1 cm in diameter, and the corolla is small, white or slightly reddish purple, 5-8 mm long, 5 deeply lobed, and the lobes open out. …

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…キキョウ科の小型の多年草（イラスト）。林下や谷筋などの半日陰で湿った場所にふつうに生える。中国･ヒマラヤ系の植物で，日本全土のほか中国にも分布し，ヒマラヤにはこれによく似たヒマラヤタニギキョウvar.carnosaがある。地下茎は白く，細くてよく分枝し，株をつくる。地上茎は高さ5～15cm，葉は枝ごとに数枚ずつつき，卵円形で長さ8～25mm，幅5～20mm，先はとがらない。花は長い柄の先に単生し，径約1cm，花冠は小さく，白色またはわずかに紅紫色をおび，長さ5～8mm，5深裂し，裂片は開出する。…

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