Japanese name: ダイコンソウ（大根草） Scientific name:Geum japonicum
[Overview]
A perennial 30–60 cm tall, found at forest edges and along roadsides.
The whole plant is covered with many short hairs.
The leaves are of two kinds, basal leaves and stem leaves; the basal leaves are odd-pinnately compound, with 2–3 pairs of lateral leaflets.
The terminal leaflet is 1.5–6 cm long and 1.5–5 cm wide, shallowly 3-lobed, with irregular teeth on the margin.
The stem leaves are alternate, and the lower leaves are 3-lobed.
A cyme at the stem tip bears yellow 5-petaled flowers 1.2–1.8 cm across.
There are many stamens, and the receptacle is hemispherical.
The fruits are achenes, clustered in a spherical mass.
The achenes retain hooked styles and are carried away by clinging to clothing and the like.
[Notes]
The Japanese name derives from the basal leaves resembling the leaves of daikon (Japanese radish).
