Synurus palmatopinnatifidu

Synurus palmatopinnatifidu commonly called as Kikuba-Yamabokuchi (scientific name: Synurus palmatopinnatifidu) is native to Japan and the Korean peninsula,and is a perennial plant of the Asteraceae family. In Japan, it grows naturally in a sunny place in the western mountains. Root green leaves are white because the front side is green and the back side is covered with white hair. It is the origin of a part of the flower name that the leaf shape is like a chrysanthemum-like palm shape. In autumn, flower stems of about 1 m are drawn from the root of the root leaves and worshiped, and a head flower is attached. From the tip of the head flower covered with spiniform total bracts in green (after, → change to reddish purple) thistle which is a lot of pale red purple color or white tubular flowers like that bloom.
The crater (Hokuchi) is due to the fact that white fluff on the back of the leaf was used due to fluff that ignites when flaming with a flint stone. There are other synuruss in the same species, Synurus pungens and Synurus excelsus, but there is no notch in both leaves.

General name: Synurus palmatopinnatifidu, scientific name:Synurus palmatopinnatifidu, Distribution of habitats: Western Honshu - Kyushu, Environment: Mountain grassland, leaves Leaf color: green, leaf color: white green (due to white fluff), leaf shape: palm similar to chrysanthemum leaves, leaf shape: thin, leaf length: 10 to 30 cm, petiole: Flower length: 2 cm, inflorescence: single flower, total bract: spherical in green, flower collar: head flower consisting only of tubular flowers, tubular flower color: white or light red purple, tubular Flower shape: tip 5 fissure, stamen color: dark brown, flower blooming orientation: bloom starts downward · blooming finishes upward, head flower diameter: 3.5 cm, flowering period: October to November, fruit type: lean meat.

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