himeshiraneninjin
Apiaceae (carrot family)
Tilingia ajanensis var. angustissima
- Physical characteristics:
- This perennial grows to approximately 20 cm in height. The leaves are fully divided four times in a pinnate arrangement, with the ultimate segments being linear and 1–3 mm in width. The flowers appear in clusters at the tips of branches, typically numbering around ten. The inflorescence has linear involucral bracts and smaller bractlets.
- Blooming period:
- August
- Habitat:
- rocky areas in and above the Umanose area
- Other information:
- a variety of shiraneninjin (Tilingia ajanensis); an endemic variant species
- Japanese name origin:
- “Hime” means “small.” The name comes from the flower’s resemblance to carrots in the same family and its discovery on Mount Shirane.