Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
Scientific name | Aster ageratoides Turczaninow |
Synonyms | Aster ageratoides Turczaninow forma leucanthus Honda; Aster ageratoides Turczaninow subsp. leiophyllus (Franchet & Savatier) Kitamura; Aster ageratoides Turczaninow var. scandens (Hayata) Makino & Nemoto; Aster leiophyllus Franchet & Savatier; Aster luxurifolius Tamamschian; Aster pensauensis Tamamschian; Aster see-burejensis Tamamschian; Aster suputinicus Tamamschian; Aster sutschanensis Komarov; Aster trinervius Roxburgh ex D. Don subsp. ageratoides (Turczaninow) Grierson; Aster trinervius Roxburgh ex D. Don var. scandens Hayata |
Common name | (Japanese common name) shiro yome-na (シロヨメナ, 白嫁菜 [meaning: white bride herb]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India | |
Habitat | Subalpine or mountane forest or forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
Description | Plants 60-100cm tall. Flowers white capitulums ca. 1.5-2cm across, involucres ca. 4mm long, 5-6mm wide, flowering in August to November. Fruits 2.5mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Aster ageratoides Turcz. var. ageratoides |
Aster ageratoides Turcz. | |
Molecular Cytogenetic Organization of 5S and 18S rDNA Loci in Aster ageratoides var. ageratoides, A. iinumae (=Kalimeris pinnatifida) and A. microcephalus var. ovatus in Japan | |
Method of cleaning up lead-contaminated soil (US Patent 20070191666) | |
Natural vegetation restoring and greeting method (Japanese Patent JP10201365/1998) |
October 2007 at my home |
October 2007 at my home |
October 2007 at my home |
October 2007 at my home |