Asian lopseed
Phryma leptostachya L. subsp. asiatica (H. Hara) Kitamura [Phrymaceae]
Cronquist: Verbenaceae
Haedokusou (ハエドクソウ, 蝿毒草)
Life form: perennial forb
Distribution: east Asia, including Japan
Habitat: forest floor
Seed dispersal: animal
Poison: phrymarolin (the Japanese name means Toxin Grass to Fly)
Phryma L. in Japan
Phrymaceae (Engler: one species in this family)
Phryma L.
P. leptostachya
subsp. asiatica (H. Hara) Kitamura (ハエドクソウ)
f. oblongifolia (Koidz.) Ohwi (ナガバハエドクソウ)
subsp. leptostachya (アメリカハエドクソウ)
Phryma leptostachya in Hokkaido
[Left/Center] On the foot of Mount Yosomi, which erupted in 1910, on July 23 2010. Yosomi is a part of the Usu Craters. [Right] at the Philosophy Road in the Hokkaidod University Campus on August 15 2011.