Large-flowered motherwort is a Northeast Asian relative of common motherwort, with bigger pale pink flowers whose upper lip is covered in white hairs. It's native to Japan, Korea, northern China and the Russian Far East, and doesn't grow wild in the United States.
Appearance
- Appearance
- An upright perennial 20–40 in (50–100 cm) tall, with square, hairy stems and egg-shaped leaves in opposite pairs that get smaller toward the top.
- Flowers
- Whorls of two-lipped, reddish-purple to pale pink flowers 1–1.2 in (2.5–3 cm) long sit in the upper leaf axils. The upper lip is covered in white hairs.
- Flowering time
- Late summer to early fall (August–October in Japan).
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- mountain meadows
- forest edges
- Range
- Japan, the Korean Peninsula, northern and northeastern China, and Russia's Primorye region. It isn't found in the wild in the United States.
Conservation
- Conservation
- In Japan it's listed as Vulnerable on the national Red List.
Culture and stories
- Culture and stories
- Its species name, macranthus, means "large-flowered."
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