Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
Scientific name | Aster viscidulus (Makino) Makino |
Synonyms | Aster ageratoides Turczaninow var. viscidulus (Makino) Kitamura; Aster trinervius Roxburgh var. viscidulus Makino |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hakone-giku (ハコネギク, 箱根菊 [meaning: Mt. Hakone aster]), miyama-kon-giku (ミヤマコンギク, 深山紺菊 [meaning: high moutanins blue purple aster]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Kanto region, Central region) |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
Description | Plants electing 35-65cm. Leaves 4-7cm long, 15-17mm wide. Flowers purple capitulums 2.3-2.5cm across, flowering in August to October. Seeds 2.5mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Aster viscidulus (Makino) Makino |
Aster viscidulus Makino | |
A Karyological Study on Aster viscidulus MAKINO | |
Phylogenetic relationships of Japanese Aster (Asteraceae, Astereae) sensu lato based on chloroplast-DNA restriction site mutations | |
Note | Endemic to Japan. |
November 2009 at my home |
November 2009 at my home |