Hemistepta lyrata




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Hemistepta lyrata (Bunge) Bunge
Synonyms Aplotaxis carthamoides (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) de Candolle; Aplotaxis multicaulis de Candolle; Cirsium lyraum Bunge; Hemistepta carthamoides (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Kuntze; Saussurea affinis Sprengel de Candolle; Saussurea carthamoides (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Schultz Bipontinus; Saussurea multicaulis (de Candolle) Schultz Bipontinus; Serratula carthamoides Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh ex Roxburgh
Common name (Japanese common name) kitsune azami[fox azami (azami = thistle)]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Australia, India
Chromosomal number 2n=36
Description Plants electing 60-80cm. Leaves 10-20cm length. Flowers purple capitulum 12-14mm, flowering in May to June. Winter annual plants.
Reference Hemistepta lyrata (Bunge) Bunge
Lipolysis acceleration method (US Patent 5698199/1997)
Note Naturalized plants (first discovered at Sapporo city in 1933)



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May 2007
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