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.