Carpesium rosulatum




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Carpesium rosulatum Miquel
Synonyms Conyzoides rosulatum (Miquel) Kuntze
Common name (Japanese common name) hime-gankubi-sou (ヒメガンクビソウ, 姫雁首草 [meaning: tiny tobacco pipe weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyshu
(Other nations) Korea
Habitat Mountane forest
Chromosomal number 2n=40
Description Plants 15-45cm tall. Leaves ca. 5-15cm long. Flowers yellow head ca. 6.5mm long, flowering in August to October. Seeds 3.5mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Carpesium rosulatum Miq.
Antiplasmodial activity of ineupatorolides A from Carpesium rosulatum.
Note Reratively rare.



September 2009
at Mt. Takao
September 2009
at Mt. Takao
September 2009
at Mt. Takao



September 2009
at Mt. Takao
September 2009
at Mt. Takao