Synurus excelsus




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Synurus excelsus (Makino) Kitamura
Synonyms Serratula atriplicifolia Bentham var. excelsa Makino; Serratula excelsa (Makino) Makino; Serratula pungens (Franchet & Savatier) Kitamura var. excelsa Makino
Common name (Japanese common name) habayama-bokuchi (ハバヤマボクチ, 葉場山火口 [meaning: mountain as mowing place hokuchi (hokuchi = tobacco leaves)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Fukushima Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea
Habitat Mountane field
Chromosomal number 2n=26
Description Plants electing 100-200cm tall. Leaves 10-21cm long. Flowers head ca. 4-5cm across, dark brown corollas ca. 25mm long, flowering in October. Perennial plants.
Reference Lipolysis acceleration method (US Patent 5698199/1997)



August 2006
at high marsh
October 2008
at Ushiku Forest Park
October 2008
at Ushiku Forest Park



September 2008
at Ushiku Forest Park
September 2008
at Ushiku Forest Park