Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
Scientific name | Ainsliaea fragrans Champion ex Bentham |
Synonyms | Ainsliaea asarifolia Hayata; Ainsliaea cordifolia Franchet & Savatier var. inttegrifolia Maximovicz; Ainsliaea fragrans Champion var. integrifolia (Maximovicz) Kitamura; Ainsliaea integrifolia (Maximovicz) Makino; Ainsliaea ningpoensis Matsuda |
Common name | (Japanese common name) maruba-teishou-sou (マルバテイショウソウ, 丸葉テイショウ草 or 丸葉禎祥草 [meaning: round leaved teishou weed (meaning of teishou is unknown)]); aoi-haguma (アオイハグマ, 葵白熊 [meaning: winter hollyhock leaved haguma (Enshu = an old name of Shizuoka Prefecture, haguma = Bos grunniens' wool)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Mountane hillside |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants electing ca. 45-60cm tall. Leaves 6-10cm long, hairy. Flowers white corollas 12-13mm long, flowering in November to December. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Ainsliaea fragrans Champ. ex Benth. |
Ainsliaea fragrans Champ. | |
An Enureration of Compositae of Formosa | |
Note | Rare species. |
November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |