Family | Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae) |
Scientific name | Spuriopimpinella calycina (Maximovicz) Kitagawa |
Synonyms | Aegopodium calycinum (Maximovicz) Voroshilov; Pimpinella calycina Maximovicz |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ka-no-tsume-sou (カノツメソウ, 鹿爪草 [deer's nail weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China | |
Habitat | Forest, forest edge |
Chromosomal number | 2n=22 |
Description | Plants 50-80cm long, non hair. Leaves 2-pinnate with pinnatifid leaflets to 3-pinnate, each 3-14cm long, 1.5-6m wide. Flowers white, flowering in August to October. Fruits ca. 4-5mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Pimpinella calycina Maximowicz |
August 2008 at lowland forest edge |
August 2008 at lowland forest edge |
August 2008 at lowland forest edge |
August 2008 at lowland forest edge |