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| Photo by Madame popow | Photo by Madame popow |
| September 2006 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
September 2006 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Saussurea nipponica Miquel subsp. hokurokuensis Kitamura |
| Synonyms | Saussurea nipponica Miquel subsp. nipponica var. hokurokuensis (Kitamura) Ohwi |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) hokuroku touhiren (ホクロクトウヒレン, 北陸唐飛廉 [meaning: Hokuriku touhiren (Hokuriku = Ishikawa Prefecture and neibour area, touhiren = Saussurea involucrata (Karelin & Kirilow) Schultz Bipontinus)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Niigata Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Ishiwaka Prefecture) |
| (Other nations) Korea? | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Plants 50-100cm tall. Flowers capitulums purple 1-1.5cm long, flowering in September to October. Perennial plants. |
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| Photo by Madame popow | Photo by Madame popow |
| September 2006 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
September 2006 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
