Syneilesis tagawae var. tagawae("Yaburegasamodoki")
Japanese name: ヤブレガサモドキ（破傘擬、破笠擬） Scientific name:Syneilesis tagawae var. tagawae
[Overview]
A perennial 1–1.2 m tall, found in sunny grasslands in low mountains to mountains, on the ridges between terraced rice fields, and on the banks of irrigation ponds.
It has long creeping underground stems.
The stem is erect and unbranched.
There are basal leaves and stem leaves, and the basal leaves remain at flowering time.
When the leaves sprout, they are densely covered with cobwebby hairs and appear shaped like a closed umbrella; after unfolding they are hairless.
The leaves on the lower part of the stem are round, 24–30 cm across, and deeply palmately divided into 6–8 lobes, each 1–2.5 cm wide and often divided in two.
The leaf margin has a few uneven teeth or is almost entire.
The petiole is attached peltately, is 20 cm long, and its base forms a sheath that clasps the stem.
Bulbils rarely form in the axils of the stem leaves, but plants from Hyogo are said to hardly ever bear them.
At the stem tip, flower heads 0.7–1 cm across are borne in corymbs 10–20 cm wide.
The heads consist only of 9–11 tubular florets and are white to pale pinkish purple.
The involucre is cylindrical, 0.8–1 cm long.
The fruit is an achene with a pappus.
