''Conandron ramondioides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Gesneriaceae. It is native to eastern Asia, where it is found in
China
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Japan
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Taiwan.
[''Conandron ramondioides'']
Flora of China Its natural habitat is on damp rock faces, in forests and along streamsides.
[ It is a common species in Japan.]
It is a perennial, growing to ~30 cm tall. It has large basal leaves. Flowers are purple and produced in the summer.[
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.''Conandron ramondioides'']
(in Japanese), Okayama University Plant Ecology Laboratory
File:Conandron ramondiodes.jpg, Basal leaves and young flower bud
References
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