Japanese name: シロバナトウウチソウ（白花唐打草） Scientific name:Sanguisorba albiflora
[Overview]
A perennial 30–80 cm tall, found in sunny alpine grasslands and similar places.
The leaves are of two kinds, basal leaves and leaves alternate on the stem, both odd-pinnately compound with 7–15 leaflets.
The leaflets are elliptical, 2.5–5 cm long and 1.5–4 cm wide, with coarse teeth on the margin.
At the branch tips it bears cylindrical spikes 3–6 cm long and 0.9–1.2 cm in diameter.
The spike is upright or slightly drooping, densely covered with small flowers, which usually open from the top of the spike downward.
The flowers have no petals; the calyx is white to dark red, the 4 stamens are white, and the anthers are cream to pale reddish purple.
The whole spike looks white or pale pink.
The fruit is an achene.
