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Shiro TSUYUZAKI
Plant community ecology / Environmental conservation

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

(Update on September 26 2011)

Pleurospermum uralense Hoffmann
[Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)]

O-kasamochi (オオカサモチ, 大傘持)

Lifeform: biennial or perennial forb
Distribution: northeastern Asia including Japan (Honshu and Hokkaiod)
Habitat: grasslands, wetlands, etc.
Chromosome number: 2n = 18, or 22

Synonyms

Pleurospermum austriacum auct. non (L.) Hoffm.
Pleurospermum austriacum (L.) Hoffm. subsp. uralense (Hoffm.) Sommier
Pleurospermum camtschaticum Hoffm.


Pleurospermum in Hokkaido

Three species in Eurasia
One species in Japan


Pleurospermum uralense in Hokkaido

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[Left] a shoot. [Center] leaves. [Right] an inflorescence on the top of shoot. Along a trail to seee Primula takedana in Teshio Experimental Forest, Hokkaido University, on June 15 2011.


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