Family | Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae) |
Scientific name | Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt ex Miquel |
Synonyms | Phellopterus littoralis (F. Schmidt ex Miquel) Bentham |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hama-bofu (ハマボウフウ, 浜防風 [meaning: beach bofu (bofu = a kind of traditional Chinese medicine)]) |
(English common name) beach silvertop | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Canada, USA | |
Habitat | Beach |
Chromosomal number | n=11, 2n=22 |
Description | Plants 5-30cm tall. Leaves blade 1-2-pinnate with pinnatifid leaflets to 3-pinnate, leaflets 1-5-6cm long. Flowers white, flowering in June to August. Fruits 6-8mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt ex Miq. |
Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt ex Miquel | |
Pharmaceutical composition for treating aids (US Patent 5683697/1997) |
June 2007 at Hitachi Coastal Park |
May 2008 at beach in Shimane Prefecture |
May 2008 at beach in Shimane Prefecture |
May 2008 at beach in Shimane Prefecture |
July 2008 at beach in Niigata Prefecture |
July 2008 at beach in Niigata Prefecture |
July 2008 at beach in Niigata Prefecture |
May 2008 at beach in Shimane Prefecture |