Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
Scientific name | Ainsliaea faurieana Beauverd |
Synonyms | Ainsliaea apiculata Schultz Bipontinus var. linearis (Makino) Masamune; Ainsliaea linearis Makino |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hosoba haguma (ホソバハグマ, 細葉白熊 [meaning: narrow leaved haguma (kashiwa = Quercus dentata, haguma = Bos grunniens' wool)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Kyushu (Yakushima Island) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants electing 17-40cm tall. Leaves 4-8cm long, 4.5-7mm wide. Flowers white corollas ca. 7-8.5mm long, flowering in July to November. Fruits 3-4mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Hosobahaguma (Ainsliaea faurieana) |
Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Genus Ainsliaea (Asteraceae) in the Sino-Japanese Region based on Nuclear rDNA and Plastid DNA Sequence Data | |
Natural Hybrid Populations between Chasmogamous and Cleistogamous Species, Ainsliaea faurieana and A. apiculata (Asteraceae; Mutisiae) : Morphology, Cytology, Reproductive Mode and Allozyme Variation | |
Note | Endemic to Japan. Rare species. |
December 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
December 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
December 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |