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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Asteraceae (キク科) > Cirsium suffultum
Cirsium Mill. (アザミ)Tsukushi-azami (ツクシアザミ, 筑紫薊)Lifeform: tall perennial forb, becoming 2 m in height Distribution: endemic to Kyushu (north to Kumamoto and Miyazaki) and Shikoku most common Cirsium in Takachiho Habitat: grasslands and forest edges |
Flowering: autumn to early winter (September to December) Edible: young leaves and stems Chromosome number: 2n = 68 (4x) Synonyms:
Cirsium kiusianum Nakai Cirsium suffultum (Maxim.) Matsum. et Koidz. f. albiflorum Kitam. (シロバナツクシアザミ) |
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[1-3] at the entrance of Hachidai-ryuuou-sui-jinsya (八大龍王水神社), Takachiho, central Kyusyu, on December 18 2024.