hosobatoki
Apiaceae (carrot family)
Angelica stenoloba
- Physical characteristics:
- This perennial grows to approximately 40 cm in height. The leaves are ternate (divided into three) two or three times, with slender leaflets that are about 3 cm long, thick, and glossy. The inflorescence has thread-like secondary bracts.
- Blooming period:
- July to August
- Habitat:
- from the foothills to the peridotite terrain in the alpine zone
- Other information:
- a quasi-endemic subspecies
- Japanese name origin:
- The “to” means “now,” and the “ki” means “return home.” The name comes from an ancient Chinese story in which a wife, neglected by her husband due to illness, was cured after taking herbal medicine. She then wrote a poem saying, “My beloved husband, you should now return home.”