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Peucedanum multivittatum f. dissectum ("Kirehanohakusanbofu")

Japanese name: キレハノハクサンボウフウ (切葉白山防風)
Scientific name: Peucedanum multivittatum f. dissectum

[Overview]
A perennial 30–90 cm tall, growing in grasslands and gravelly ground in the subalpine to alpine zones.
The stem is unbranched or has a few branches.
The leaves are alternate and highly variable: ternately compound, pinnately compound, or once- to twice-ternately compound; the leaflets are deeply cut and coarsely toothed.
Sparse compound umbels at the stem tips bear many small white 5-petaled flowers.
The inflorescence usually has no bracts or bractlets.
The fruit is a flattened oblong mericarp without hairs, with 3–5 oil ducts under each dorsal groove and 8–9 on the commissural face.

Details

Names
Japanese: キレハノハクサンボウフウ(切葉白山防風)、キレハハクサンボウフウ(切葉白山防風)、ホソバノハクサンボウフウ(細葉白山防風)
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
July, August, September
Distribution or origin
Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu Chubu region and northward)
Height
300–900 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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