Family | Rosaceae |
Subfamily | Rosoideae |
Tribe | Sanguisorbeae |
Subtribe | Sanguisorbinae |
Scientific name | Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. grandiflora Maximovicz |
Synonyms | Sanguisorba grandiflora (Maximovicz) Makino; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link subsp. grandiflora (Maximovicz) Toyokawa |
Common name | (Japanese common name) chisima-ware-mo-kou (チシマワレモコウ, 千島我亦紅 [meaning: Kurill Islans ware-mo-kou (ware-mo-kou = Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East) | |
Habitat | Field (alpine - subalpine) |
Chromosomal number | 2n=56 (8x), 84 (12x) |
Description | Plants electing 30-40cm tall. Leaves 11-15 leaflets, each 3-4cm long, 2-2.5cm wide. Flowers white, flowering in July to August. 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) |
July 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |