Swertia japonica




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