Patrinia villosa

Japanese: オトコエシ（英語表記）Patrinia villosa

A perennial plant of the Asteraceae family. It is also called Tochina or Chimekusa. It is widely distributed in Japan, the Korean peninsula, and China, and usually grows in sunny areas of mountains and fields. At first, it produces basal leaves in a rosette shape, but by the time of flowering, the basal leaves wither. The stem grows to about 1m in height and is densely hairy all over. The leaves are opposite each other and many are deeply pinnately lobed. Around August to October, it produces cymes at the end of the stem. The corolla is white, deeply lobed into five parts, and about 4mm in diameter. It has one style surrounded by four stamens. After flowering, it produces long runners from the base of the plant to produce new seedlings. The Japanese name means that it is similar to Ominaeshi but is more robust.

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Japanese:

オミナエシ科の多年草。トチナ，チメクサともいう。日本，朝鮮半島，中国に広く分布し，普通，山野の日当りのよいところに生える。初めロゼット状に根出葉を出すが，花期には根出葉は枯れてしまう。茎は高さ 1mほどになり，全体に毛を密生する。葉は対生し，多くは羽状に深裂する。8～10月頃，茎の先に集散花序をつける。花冠は白色で深く5裂し，径 4mmほどになる。花柱は1本，その周囲に4本のおしべがある。花後，株もとから長い走出枝を出して新しい苗をつくる。和名は，オミナエシに似るが，より強壮であることを意味する。

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