Family | Rosaceae |
Subfamily | Rosoideae |
Tribe | Sanguisorbeae |
Subtribe | Sanguisorbinae |
Scientific name | Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. alba Trautvetter & C. A. Meyer |
Synonyms | Sanguisorba parviflora (Maximowicz) Takeda; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link forma alba (Trautvetter & C. A. Meyer) Kitamura; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. parviflora Maximowicz; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. parviflora Maximovicz forma pilosa H. Hara |
Common name | (Japanese common name) nagabo-no-shiro-ware-mo-kou (ナガボノシロワレモコウ, 長穂白我亦紅 [meaning: long inflorescences and white flowers ware-mo-kou (ware-mo-kou = Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray)]), kobana-no-ware-mo-kou (コバナノワレモコウ, 小花我亦紅 [meaning: small flowers ware-mo-kou]) |
(English common name) narrow leaf burnet | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia | |
Habitat | Swamp, wet field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=56 (8x), 84 (12x) |
Description | Plants electing 60-100cm tall. Leaves 11-15 leaflets, each 3-10cm long, 5-12mm wide. Flowers white inflorescences 2-10cm long, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fisch. ex Link |
Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link | |
Hyaluronidase inhibitor containing god-type ellagitannin as active ingredient (US Patent 5843911/1998) | |
Note | Poterium tenuifolium Franchet & Savatier is a synonym of Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. tenuifolia (syn. Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. purpurea Trautvetter & C. A. Meyer). |
September 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
September 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
September 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |