Family | Rosaceae |
Subfamily | Rosoideae |
Tribe | Sanguisorbeae |
Subtribe | Sanguisorbinae |
Scientific name | Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link |
Synonyms | Sanguisorba affinis C. A. Meyer ex Regel & Tiling; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link forma purpurea (Trautvetter & C. A. Meyer) W. T. Lee; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. purpurea Trautvetter & C. A. Meyer; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. tenuifolia; Poterium tenuifolium (Fischer ex Link) Franchet & Savatier |
Common name | (Japanese common name) nagabo-no-aka-ware-mo-kou (ナガボノアカワレモコウ, 長穂赤我亦紅 [meaning: long inflorescences and red flowers ware-mo-kou (ware-mo-kou = Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray)]) |
(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=28? |
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) |
September 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
September 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |
September 2007 at Institute for Nature Study |