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"Pireo-giku" (Chrysanthemum weyrichii) belongs to Asteraceae (the Aster family). It is a perennial herb that is closely related to "Zawadsky's chrysanthemum" (Chrysanthemum zawadskii), which is widely distributed from East Asia to eastern Europe. It grows on the shores of southwestern Hokkaido in Japan and Sakhalin, and is 10 to 30 cm tall. The leaves are pinnately deeply lobed, and the lobes are coarsely serrate or toothed. from August to October, it produces flower heads with pale reddish-white to white ray florets. The Japanese name is derived from "Pireo", a place on the west coast of Sakhalin near the 50th parallel of north latitude. It is also known as "Ezono-sonare-giku". The species name used in the Sakuya-konohana-kan is "Chishima-sonare-giku".
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