| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Carpesium abrotanoides L. |
| Synonyms | Carpesium thunbergianum Siebold & Zuccarini; Carpesium abrotanoides L. var. thunbergianum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Makino |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) yabu-tabako (ヤブタバコ, 藪煙草 [meaning: bush tobacco]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar | |
| Habitat | Forest, forest edge |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=36 |
| Description | Plants 50-100cm tall. Leaves 20-28cm long, 8.5-15cm wide. Flowers yellow head ca. 1cm across, flowering in September to November. Seeds 3.5mm long. Winter annual plants. |
| Reference | Carpesium abrotanoides L. |
| Carpesium abrotanoides L. | |
| Carpesium abrotanoides L. | |
| Cytotoxic sesquiterpene lactones from Carpesium abrotanoides | |
| Process for producing an extract of Hydrangea containing plant powder (US Patent 7521079/2009) | |
| Cosmetic composition containing polyorganosiloxane-containing epsilon-polylysine polymer, and polyhydric alcohol, and production thereof (European Patent EP1604647/2008) | |
| Cosmetic composition containing huhectant vegetabel extract (Japanese Patent JP2000143437) | |
| Note | Some Japanese authors have noted that Carpesium abrotanoides L. is a naturalized plant which was introduced as a traditional Chinese medicine from China in ancient era. |
| October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
| October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
October 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
| October 2006 at Mt. Tsukuba |