Family | Gentianaceae |
Tribe | Gentianeae |
Subtribe | Swertiinae |
Scientific name | Swertia japonica (Schultes) Makino |
Synonyms | Frasera japonica (Schultes) Toyokawa; Gentiana japonica Schultes; Pleurogyne rotata Grisebach; Swertia dilute Ledebour; Swertia japonica (Schultes) Grisebach; Swertia japonica (Schultes) Makino forma chionantha F. Maekawa |
Common name | (Japanese common name) sen-buri (センブリ, 千振 [meaning: thousand times shaking for extracting]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China | |
Habitat | Mountain |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18, 20, 24 |
Description | Plants electing 5-25cm tall. Leaves 1-3.5cm long, 1-3mm wide. Flowers calyxs 5-11mm long, corollas ca. 2-3cm across, flowering in September to November. Annual or winter annual plants. |
Reference | Swertia japonica (Schult.) Makino |
Skin external agent (US Patent 5676957/1997) |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |
October 2008 at Mt. Tsukuba |