Lamiaceae FAMILY

Ajuga nipponensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ajuga nipponensis is an annual to biennial plant with stems that are rarely prostrate or ascending; it can grow 10 - 20cm or more tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The Flora of Japan describes the plant as a perennial, producing one to several, erect or ascending stems 10 - 25cm long from a rootstock with short rhizomes[ 275 Title Flora of Japan Publication Author Website http://www.foj.info Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora - an excellent resource. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - central and southern China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam

HabitatField margins, wet areas on grasslands, sunny slopes, forests; at elevations from 100 - 2,300 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Open, more or less dry meadows; at elevations up to 1,000 metres[ 275 Title Flora of Japan Publication Author Website http://www.foj.info Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora - an excellent resource. ].