Native to 34 botanical countries across Temperate Asia and Tropical Asia; introduced into 45 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Mazus pumilus
var. pumilus
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Identified as
Mazus pumilus var. pumilus
Location
China, Sichuan, Ya'an (Baoxing, Baoxing County)
30.808889, 102.724444
Location Remarks
Baoxing Xian. N of the city of Baoxing on the Baoxing-Xiaojin Road (state road G210); Xinzhazi Gou (known locally as Mahuang Gou) just N of Jiajin Shan National Forest Park. Clearings and small remnant forest of Populus and Salix, but with planted trees of Pinus, Larix and Picea, in flat areas along rocky stream bed. Entire area severely grazed by animals, mostly goats, and extensively rutted by pigs. 2415-2500 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Yun-Dong Gao
Notes
Clay soil at roadside. Plants colonial; calyx green; corolla white below lobes, lobes apically purple.
Location
Japan, Chubu, Aichi (Toyota, Iwakuracho)
35.039167, 137.185
Location Remarks
Foresta Hills. Address: 1-1, Ipponmatsu, Iwakura-cho, Toyota-shi. 10 minutes drive from Head office of Toyota Motor Corporation Ltd., but there is also access from the Isewangan Expressway, Tokai-Kanjo Expressway, and Tomei Expressway
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Mazaceae
Genus
Mazus
Specific Epithet
pumilus
Authorship
(Burm.fil.) Steenis
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#268,082 of 335,497
Top 80%
Extinction probability
10%