Fukuousou - Fukuousou

Japanese: フクオウソウ - ふくおうそう

A perennial plant of the Asteraceae family (illustration) that is found in the cool temperate zones of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. It grows to about 60 cm tall. It is covered with glandular hairs, and when the leaves or stems are cut, a milky liquid comes out. The leaves grow alternately at the bottom of the stem. The leaf blade is about 10 cm long with 5 to 7 lobes, resembling a maple leaf. It produces short creeping branches underground, with bulbs at the tips, and reproduces vegetatively. It flowers from August to September. The upper part of the stem branches out, and produces numerous pale purple flower heads about 1.5 cm in diameter. The flower heads consist only of ray flowers, and as the scientific name of the genus (prenes (pendulous) + anthes (flower)) suggests, they bloom drooping.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

山地の林床にややまれにみられるキク科の多年草（イラスト）。本州，四国，九州の冷温帯に分布する。高さ60cm内外。全体に腺毛があり，葉や茎を切ると乳液が出る。葉は茎の下部に互生する。葉身は長さ約10cmで5～7裂し，カエデの葉に似る。地中に短い匍匐（ほふく）枝を出し，先端に球芽をつけ，栄養繁殖を行う。花期は8～9月ころ。茎の上部が分枝し，径1.5cmほどの薄紫色の頭花を多数つける。頭花は舌状花のみからなり，属の学名(prenes〈下垂した〉＋anthes〈花〉)が示すように，下垂して咲く。

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