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| September 2008 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Cirsium purpuratum (Maximovicz) Matsumura |
| Synonyms | Cirsium purpuratum (Maximovicz) Matsumura forma albiflorum (Kitamura) Kitamura; Cnicus purpuratus Maximovicz |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) fuji-azami (フジアザミ, 富士薊 [meaning: Mt. Fuji azami (azami = thistle)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Kanto region, Central region) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Mountain slope or riverside |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Plants 50-100cm tall. Leaves 50-70cm long, hairy. Flowers 6.5-8.5cm across, purple or merely white (forma albiflorum) corollas 17-22mm long, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Lectotypification of Six Species and a New Species of Japanese Cirsium (Asteraceae) |
| Herbaceous perennials at scoria area on Mt. Fuji-Disturbance in scoria area and Cirsium purpuratum | |
| Effects of variation in flower number on pollinator visits in Cirsium purpuratum (Asteraceae) | |
| Size-dependent reproductive effort of giant thisle, Cirsium purpuratum, on lapilli desert. | |
| Lipolysis acceleration method (US Patent 5698199/1997) |
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| September 2008 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
