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Angelica
Angelica cartilaginomarginata var. cartilaginomarginata

Angelica cartilaginomarginata var. cartilaginomarginata ("Himenodake")

Japanese name: ヒメノダケ (姫野竹)
Scientific name: Angelica cartilaginomarginata var. cartilaginomarginata

[Overview]
A perennial 50–80 cm tall, found in sunny grasslands.
The stem is erect and branches in the upper part.
The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound; the leaflets are further pinnately divided, and the margins have fine, whitish, cartilaginous serrations.
The base of the terminal lobe of each leaflet runs down the rachis to form a wing.
The leaf stalks are not inflated.
Compound umbels at the stem tips bear many small white 5-petaled flowers.
The inflorescence has no involucre bracts, and the bractlets are linear.
The fruit is a broadly oblong schizocarp.

Details

Names
Japanese: ヒメノダケ(姫野竹)、ツクシノダケ(筑紫野竹)
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
August, September, October, November
Distribution or origin
Japan (Honshu: Kinki region, Shikoku, Kyushu), Korea
Height
500–800 mm
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf margin
Serrate
Inflorescence
Compound umbel
Number of petals
5
Flower color
White
Leaf color
Green

Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.

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