Japanese name: オオハナウド（大花独活） Scientific name:Heracleum lanatum subsp. lanatum
[Overview]
A perennial 1.5–2 m tall, found in high mountains and deep mountains.
It has thick roots.
The stem is erect, thick and hollow, branches in the upper part, and is densely hairy at the nodes.
The leaves are alternate, either ternately compound or pinnately compound with 5 leaflets; the leaflets are ovate to broadly ovate, with margins sharply cut or toothed.
The base of the leaf stalk is swollen and forms a sheath.
Large compound umbels at the stem tips bear many small white 5-petaled flowers.
In the flowers along the edge of the inflorescence, the outer petal is enlarged.
The fruit is an obovate mericarp.
