Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
Scientific name | Leibnitzia anandria (L.) Turczaninow |
Synonyms | Anandria bellidiastrum de Candolle; Gerbera anandria (L.) Schultz Bipontinus; Gerbera anandria (L.) Schultz Bipontinus var. integripetala (Hayata) Yamamoto; Gerbera integripetala Hayata; Leibnitzia anandria (L.) Nakai; Leibnitzia anandria (L.) Turczaninow forma albiflora Hiyama; Perdicium anandria (L.) R. Browm; Tussilago anandria L. |
Common name | (Japanese common name) sen-bon yari (センボンヤリ, 千本槍 [meaning: thousands of spears]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Mountane forest edge, mountane field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=23 |
Description | Leaves 10-16cm long, 3-4.5cm wide (in Summer to Autumn). Scapes 10-15cm tall in Spring, as well as 30-60cm tall in Autumn. Flowers white (outside red) ca. 15mm across in Spring as well as ca. 2-3cm long in Autumn. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Leibnitzia anandria (L.) Turcz. |
Gerbera anandria (L.) Sch. Bip |
April 2006 at mountane field |
May 2009 at mountane field |
April 2006 at mountane field |
May 2009 at mountane forest edge |
April 2006 at mountane field |
September 2006 at mountane forest |
September 2006 at mountane forest |
September 2006 at mountane forest |
Octobar 2006 at mountane field |