Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
Scientific name | Ixeridium dentatum (Thunberg) Tzvelev subsp. nipponicum (Nakai) J. H. Pak & Kawano var. albiflorum (Makino) H. Nakai & H. Ohashi forma amplifolia (Kitamura) H. Nakai & H. Ohashi |
Synonyms | Ixeris dentata (Thunberg) Nakai var. albiflora (Makino) Nakai forma amplifolia (Kitamura) Hiyama |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hana-niga-na (ハナニガナ, 花苦菜 [meaning: flowering bitter salad greens]), oh-bana-niga-na (オオバナニガナ, 大花苦菜 [meaning: big flowering bitter salad greens]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku |
(Other nations) unknown | |
Habitat | Mountane field, forest edge, roadside |
Chromosomal number | 2n=21 |
Description | Plants electing 40-70cm tall. Leaves 3-10cm long, 1-3cm wide. Flowers 8-11 florets, capitulums 1.5cm across, involucres 7-8mm long, flowering in May to July. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Ixeridium dentatum (Thunb.) Tzvelev |
June 2008 at edge of forest |
June 2008 at edge of forest |
June 2008 at edge of forest |
June 2008 at edge of forest |