Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
Scientific name | Adenocaulon himalaicum Edgeworth |
Synonyms | Adenocaulon adhaerescens Maximovicz; Adenocaulon bicolor Hooker; Adenocaulon bicolor Hooker var. adhaerescens (Maximovicz) Makino; Adenocaulon bicolor Hooker var. integrifolium (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray; Adenocaulon integrifolium Nuttall |
Common name | (Japanese common name) no-buki (ノブキ, 野蕗 [meaning: wild fuki (fuki = Petasites japonicus)]) |
(English common name) American trailplant, trailplant | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), USA | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=20, 38, 46, 48 |
Description | Plants electing 60-100cm tall. Leaves 7-13cm long, 11-22cm wide, petioles 10-20cm long. Flowers involucres 2.5mm long, flowering in August to October. Fruits 6-7mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Adenocaulon bicolor Hooker |
Cyrological studies on some Eastern Himalayan plants and their related species |
September 2007 at mountane forest |
September 2006 at mountane forest |
September 2006 at mountane forest |
September 2006 at mountane forest |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
September 2007 at mountane forest |
September 2006 at mountane forest |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |