Rock tobacco - Rock tobacco

Japanese: イワタバコ - いわたばこ
Rock tobacco - Rock tobacco

A perennial plant of the Gesneriaceae family (APG classification: Gesneriaceae). The leaves grow at the base of the plant, are elliptical-oval with winged stalks at the base, and have glossy, wrinkled surfaces. In winter, the leaves curl into a ball to overwinter. The flower stalk is 10-30 cm long. From June to August, umbels are produced and crimson-purple flowers open sideways. The corolla is deeply divided into five lobes, with the lobes curling back. It grows in the shade and damp rock faces of hilly and mountainous areas, and is distributed in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu south of Akita and Iwate prefectures. Its name comes from the fact that it grows on rocky areas and its leaves resemble tobacco leaves.

On the Pacific coast of Honshu from the Kanto region westward, there is a variety with hairs on the flower stalk, inflorescence, and underside of the leaves, called Gesneria. The Gesneria genus has actinosymmetric corollas and five stamens, and two species are found in Asia.

[Hideo Takahashi July 16, 2021]

[Reference] | Gesneriaceae

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イワタバコ科(APG分類:イワタバコ科)の多年草。葉は根際につき、楕円(だえん)状卵形で基部は翼のある柄となり、表面は光沢があってしわがよる。冬は葉が丸まって球となり越冬する。花茎は長さ10~30センチメートル。6~8月、散形花序をつくり紅紫色の花を横向きに開く。花冠は深く5裂し、裂片は反り返る。丘陵帯から山地帯の日陰や湿った岩壁に生え、秋田・岩手県以南の本州、四国、九州に分布する。名は、岩場に生え、葉がタバコの葉に似るのでいう。

 関東地方以西の本州の太平洋側には、花茎、花序、葉の裏面に毛のある変種があり、ケイワタバコという。なお、イワタバコ属は花冠は放射相称、雄しべは5本あり、アジアに2種分布する。

[高橋秀男 2021年7月16日]

[参照項目] | イワタバコ科

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