Japanese name: カンチコウゾリナ（寒地顔剃菜、寒地剃刀菜） Scientific name:Picris hieracioides subsp. kamtschatica
[Overview]
A biennial or short-lived perennial 30 cm tall, found on gravelly ground and in grassland from the subalpine to the alpine zone.
It has spindle-shaped roots.
Stiff bristles grow abundantly all over the plant.
There are basal leaves and stem leaves; the basal leaves have withered by flowering time.
The stem leaves are simple, alternate and lanceolate, with pointed tips and serrated margins.
Yellow flower heads 2–2.5 cm across are borne in corymb-like inflorescences.
Each flower head consists of 30–34 florets.
The involucre is 1.2–1.7 cm long and blackish green.
The fruit is an achene.
