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''Conandron ramondioides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is native to eastern Asia, where it is found in
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, and 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


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