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| November 2007 at mountane forest |
November 2007 at mountane forest |
| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Cirsium nipponicum (Maximovicz) Makino |
| Synonyms | Cirsium nipponicum (Maximovicz) Makino var. amplexicaule (Nakai) Kitamura; Cirsium nipponicum (Maximovicz) Makino var. sendaicum (Nakai) Kitamura; Cnicus nipponicus Maximovicz |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) nanbu azami (ナンブアザミ, 南部薊 [meaning: Nanbu azami (Nanbu = an old name of Iwate Prefecture, azami = thistle)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (north of Central region) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Subalpine or mountane field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=34 |
| Description | Plants 100-200cm tall. Leaves 20-30cm long. Flowers involucres 10-15mm wide, corollas 126-20mm long, flowering in August to November. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Morphological Variations of Cirsium nipponicum(MAXIM.) MAK. (Compositae) in Mt. Fuji and the Adjacent Regions |
| Note | Native to Japan |
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| November 2007 at mountane forest |
November 2007 at mountane forest |
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| November 2007 at mountane forest |
November 2007 at mountane forest |
