Ligusticum scothicum ("Marubatoki")

Japanese name: マルバトウキ （丸葉当帰）
Scientific name: Ligusticum scothicum

[Overview]
A perennial 0.3–1 m tall, found on seashores.
The whole plant is hairless.
The root is thick and a taproot.
The stem is erect, branches in the upper part, and is often tinged with purple.
The leaves are alternate and twice ternately compound; the 9 leaflets are ovate to round, 4–9 cm long, thick and glossy.
The leaf margins are toothed.
The flowers are small white 5-petaled flowers, borne densely and in large numbers in compound umbels.
The calyx teeth are indistinct.
The inflorescence has bracts and bractlets.
The fruit is an oblong mericarp.

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