Japanese name: オカオグルマ（丘小車） Scientific name:Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. kirilowii
[Overview]
A perennial 20–60 cm tall, found in sunny grasslands.
The whole plant is covered with white cobwebby hairs.
The stem is erect and tinged with purple in the upper part.
There are basal leaves and stem leaves; the basal leaves are oblong, 5.5–10 cm long and 1.5–2.5 cm wide, and persist at flowering time.
The stem leaves are simple, alternate and oblanceolate.
3–9 flower heads are borne at the stem tip in corymb-like to umbel-like arrangement.
The flowers consist of ray florets and tubular florets; the ray florets are yellow and 1.2–1.6 cm long.
The flower stalk is 1.5–5 cm.
The involucre is cylindrical and 0.8 cm long.
The achenes are densely hairy and have a pappus 1.1 cm long.
[Uses]
It is used medicinally, and the young shoots can be eaten.
