Ostericum florentii ("Miyamaninjin")

Japanese name: ミヤマニンジン （深山人参）
Scientific name: Ostericum florentii

[Overview]
A perennial 20–50 cm tall, found in the mountains.
It has underground stems.
The stem is slender and branches in the upper part.
The leaves are alternate and 2- to 3-times pinnately compound; the leaflets are finely cut, and the segments are lanceolate to linear.
Compound umbels at the stem tips bear many small white 5-petaled flowers.
The calyx teeth are ovate.
The inflorescence has linear bracts and bractlets.
The fruit is an obovate-rounded mericarp.

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