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Saussurea nipponica Miq.   (redirected from: Saussurea yakushimensis Masam.)
Family: Asteraceae
[Saussurea kiusiana Franch., moreSaussurea nipponica subsp. hokurokuensis Kitam., Saussurea nipponica subsp. yakusimensis (Masam.) Im, Saussurea nipponica subsp. yoshinagae (Kitam.) Kitam., Saussurea nipponica var. hokurokuensis (Kitam.) Ohwi, Saussurea nipponica var. yoshinagae (Kitam.) H.Koyama, Saussurea yakushimensis Masam., Saussurea yamatensis Honda, Saussurea yoshinagae Kitam.]
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Japan Flora: Stems 50-100 cm. long, slender, mealy- puberulent in upper portion, narrowly winged; radical and lower cauline leaves long-petiolate, narrowly to broadly ovate, 9-18 cm. long, acuminate, mucronate, cordate at base, obso- Ictely mucronate-toothed, mealy-puberulent above and on vein- lets beneath, the median leaves shallowly cordate to cuneate at base, narrowly decurrent, the upper leaves much reduced; heads 7-15, campanulate, short-pedicellate; involucres tubular, 10-14 mm. long, 7-14 mm. wide; bracts 5-seriate, densely gray-pubcrulent on back, the outer about % as long as the in­ner, lanceolate to ovate, acute, shortly recurved at tip, the inner linear, acuminate; corollas purplish, 10-13 mni. long.  Aug.-Oct. Woods in mountains.

Honshu (Kinki Distr.), Shikoku. Very variable.

var. kiushiana (Franch.) Ohwi. Stems stout; leaves broader, thicker, broadly ovate to subreni- form, usually broadly decurrent on the stem; involucres 13니7 mm. long.  Kyushu.

var. kurosawae (Kitam.) Ohwi. Stems broadly winged; leaves thinner; involucres about 10 mm. long; outer involucral bracts broadly ovate, the median elliptic. Honshu (Suruga Prov.).

var. muramatsui (Kitam.) Ohwi. Lower leaves cordate, the petioles often broadly winged; heads erect, densely corymbose, terminal on the branches; outer and median involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, prominently recurved. Honshu (n. distr., Japan Sea side).

var. holcurokuensis (Kitam.) Ohwi. Involucres glabrous on upper portion, the bracts rather shorter; petioles and stems prominently winged. Honshu (Hokuriku or fapan Sea side).

var. robusta (Makino) Ohwi.  Stems stout, with wings often to 2 cm. wide; petioles often winged; involucres 15-16 mm. long, the bracts larger, the outer broadly ovate, the median elliptic,long recurved-dpped. High mountains; Shikoku.

var. sendaica (Franch.) Ohwi. Radical leaves broadly ovate or deltoid-ovate, 10-16 cm. long, loosely pubescent on upper side; involucres 15-18 mm. long, cobwebby, the bracts 7- or 8-seriate, recurved on upper half, the outer shorter than the median. Honshu (Kanto and n. distr.).

var. savatieri (Franch.) Ohwi. Stems slender; involucral bracts narrower, long-acuminate. Honshu (Kanto Distr. and ne. Shinano Prov.).

var. glabrescens (Nakai) Kitam. Me­dian leaves ovate, undulately lobulate or lobed; heads 1-3, terminal; involucres cobwebby. Honshu (Hakone).

Saussurea nipponica
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