Sanguisorba tenuifolia var. grandiflora




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