Patrinia
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Patrinia | |
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P. gibbosa with Mt. Bandaisan, Fukushima pref., Japan, in the background | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Valerianaceae |
Genus: | Patrinia Juss. |
Species | |
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Patrinia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the valerian family. There are about 17 species[1] native to grassy mountain habitats in China, Siberia and Japan. These are unassuming clump-forming perennial plants having thin, erect stems with few leaves and bearing a terminal inflorescence with yellow or white flowers.
Selected species
- Patrinia gibbosa
- Patrinia scabiosifolia
- Patrinia triloba
- Patrinia villosa
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