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 |