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| July 2008 at Alpine Botanical Garden in Yuzawa Highland |
July 2008 at Alpine Botanical Garden in Yuzawa Highland |
| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Leontopodium fauriei (Beauverd) Handel-Mazzetti |
| Synonyms | Leontopodium alpinum Cassini subsp. fauriei Beauverd |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) miyama-usu-yuki-sou [high mountains pale snow weed] |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (north of Central region) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=26 (2x) |
| Description | Plants electing 6-15cm tall. Leaves 2.5-6cm lomg, 2-4mm wide. Flowers head 4-5mm, flowering in July to August. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Leontopodium fauriei (Beauverd) Hand.-Mazz. |
| Use of extracts and constituents of leontopodium as enhancers of cholinergic function (European Patent EP1792623/2007) | |
| Use of extracts and constituents of leontopodium as enhancers of cholinergic function (WIPO Patent WO/2007/006492) | |
| Note | Endemic to Japan. |
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| July 2008 at Alpine Botanical Garden in Yuzawa Highland |
July 2008 at Alpine Botanical Garden in Yuzawa Highland |
