Ixeridium dentatum subsp. nipponicum var. albiflorum forma amplifolium




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