Family | Rosaceae |
Subfamily | Rosoideae |
Tribe | Sanguisorbeae |
Subtribe | Agrimoniinae |
Scientific name | Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour var. pilosa |
Synonyms | Agrimonia eupatoria L. var. japonica (Miquel) Masamune; Agrimonia japonica (Miquel) Koidzumi; Agrimonia obtusifolia A. I. Baranov & Skvortsov; Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour subsp. japonica (Miquel) H. Hara; Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour var. japonica (Miquel) Nakai; Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour var. viscidula (Bunge) Komarov; Agrimonia viscidula Bunge; Agrimonia viscidula Bunge var. japonica Miquel |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kin-mizuhiki (キンミズヒキ, 金水引 [meaning: golden mizuhiki (mizuhiki = traditional decorations on envelope)]) |
(English common name) agrimony, cocklebur | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East, Siberia), Korea, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Northern Europe | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=56 |
Description | Plants electing 50-150cm tall. Leaves 10-16cm long. Flowers yellow 7-10mm long, flowering in July to September. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. |
Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour |
August 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
August 2006 at edge of forest |
August 2006 at edge of forest |
August 2006 at edge of forest |
August 2006 at edge of forest |
August 2006 at edge of forest |
April 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |