Carpesium triste




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Carpesium triste Maximovicz
Synonyms Carpesium manshuricum Kitamura; Carpesium pseudotracheliifolium Ling; Carpesium triste Maximovicz var. manshuricum Kitamura; Carpesium triste Maximovicz var. sinense Diels; Carpesium tristiforme Handel-Mazzetti
Common name (Japanese common name) miyama-yabu-tabako (ミヤマヤブタバコ, 深山藪煙草 [meaning: high mountain bush tobacco]), gankubi-yabu-tabako (ガンクビヤブタバコ, 雁首藪煙草 [meaning: tobacco pipe shaped bush tobacco])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyshu
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan
Habitat Subalpine or mountane forest
Chromosomal number 2n=40
Description Plants 40-100cm tall. Leaves 13-20cm long, 3-5cm wide. Flowers yellow head ca. 6-10mm across, flowering in August to November. Seeds 3.5mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Carpesium triste Maxim.
Carpesium triste Maxim.
Sesquiterpene lactones from Carpesium triste var. manshuricum
cytotoxic germacranolide sesquiterpene lactones from Carpesium triste var. manshuricum
New Acyclic 12-Hydroxygeranylgeraniol-Derived Diterpenoids from the Seeds of Carpesium triste



September 2009
at Mt. Fuji
September 2009
at Mt. Fuji



September 2009
at Mt. Fuji