Conandron
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Conandron Siebold & Zuccarini (1843) |
| Species: | C. ramondioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Conandron ramondioides Siebold & Zucc. (1843) | |
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Conandron ramondioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is the sole species in genus Conandron.[2] It is native to eastern Asia, where it is found in southeastern China, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam.[1][3] Its natural habitat is on damp rock faces, in forests and along streamsides.[4][3] It is a common species in Japan.[5]
It is a perennial, growing to ~30 cm tall. It has large basal leaves. Flowers are purple and produced in the summer.[3][5]
Its Japanese name (岩煙草) is "rock tobacco", in reference to the resemblance of its leaves to tobacco, and its preference to grow on exposed rock.[6]
Basal leaves and young flower bud
References
- ^ a b Conandron ramondioides Siebold & Zucc. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Conandron Siebold & Zucc. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Conandron ramondioides Flora of China
- ^ Conandron ramondioides (in Japanese), Flora of Mikawa
- ^ a b Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution. p. 813.
- ^ Conandron ramondioides (in Japanese), Okayama University Plant Ecology Laboratory