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Picris japonica Thunb.  
Family: Asteraceae
[Aster esquirolii H.L?., morePicris davurica Fisch. ex Hornem., Picris hieracioides subsp. japonica (Thunb.) Hand.-Mazz., Picris hieracioides subsp. jessoensis (Tatew.) Kitam., Picris hieracioides var. alpina Koidz., Picris hieracioides var. japonica RegelexHerder, Picris hieracioides var. koreana Ohwi, Picris japonica var. glabrescens Regel, Picris japonica var. koreana Kitam., Picris koreana (Kitam.) Vorosch., Picris mairei H.L?.]
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Japan Flora: Biennial brownish red hispid herb; stems terete, 30-80 cm. long, leafy, often branched; lower and radical leaves oblanceo­late, 6-15 cm. long, 1-4 cm. wide, mucronate or acutely toothed, subobtuse, gradually narrowed to a petiolelike base, the median cauline leaves sessile, the upper ones linear-lanceo­late, sometimes semidasping; heads 2-2.5 cm. across, yellow; involucres green, often slightly bl ack-tinged, the inner bracts linear-lanceolate, 8-12 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. wide, hispid and short-pubescent on back, the outer very short; achenes red-brown, narrowly fusiform, about 4 mm. long, longitudi­nally ribbed, nearly beakless; pappus sordid-white, 7-8 mm. long.          May-Oct. Grassy places in lowlands and mountains. 

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common. Sakhalin.

Picris japonica
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