Kouzorina - Kouzorina

Japanese: コウゾリナ - こうぞりな
Kouzorina - Kouzorina

A biennial plant of the Asteraceae family (APG classification: Asteraceae) commonly found in mountains and fields. It overwinters in a rosette, and in spring the stems grow to a height of 30 cm to 1 meter. The leaves are spatula-shaped. When cut, a white milky liquid comes out. The plant is covered with brown, hook-like bristles, and it is said that the name was originally kaozorina or kamisorinina (shaved face vegetable) due to its rough texture, which later became kozorina. From May to October, it produces many yellow flower heads consisting of ray flowers, each 2 to 3 cm in diameter. The achene is reddish brown with a dirty white pappus, and is wind-dispersed. It is distributed from Sakhalin to Kyushu and China. Boiled young leaves are edible and are suitable for livestock feed. Kanchikouzorina is an alpine form of this species, with a short height, black involucres, and deep yellow flowers.

[Tatsuyoshi Morita February 18, 2022]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

山野に普通に生えるキク科(APG分類:キク科)の二年草。ロゼットで越冬し、春に茎を伸ばして高さ30センチメートルから1メートルになる。葉はへら形。切ると白色の乳液が出る。全体に褐色で鉤(かぎ)状の剛毛があり、ざらざらした感触から顔剃菜(かおぞりな)あるいは剃刀菜(かみそりな)とよばれたものが転じてコウゾリナになったといわれる。5~10月にかけ径2~3センチメートルの、舌状花のみからなる黄色の頭花を多数つける。痩果(そうか)は赤褐色で、汚白色の冠毛があり、風散布される。樺太(からふと)(サハリン)から九州、中国にも分布する。ゆでた若菜は食用となり、家畜の飼料にも適する。カンチコウゾリナは本種の高山型で、丈が低く、総包は黒色で、濃黄色の花をつける。

[森田龍義 2022年2月18日]

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