たかねいぶきぼうふう (高嶺伊吹防風)

Libanotis coreana var. alpicola

Libanotis coreana var. alpicola

Libanotis coreana var. alpicola

Libanotis coreana var. alpicola

わが国の固有種で、本州の中部地方北部、北アルプスに分布しています。「いぶきぼうふう(伊吹防風)」の高山型で、高山帯の砂礫地や草地に生え、高さは10〜70センチになります。茎は太く、葉は2〜3回羽状複葉で、小葉は細かく線状に分裂します。7月から8月ごろ、茎頂に直径10センチほどの複散形花序をだし、小さな白い花を咲かせます。 
セリ科イブキボウフウ属の多年草で、学名は Libanotis coreana var. alpicola。英名はありません。 
"Takane-ibuki-boufuu" (Libanotis coreana var. alpicola) belongs to Apiaceae (the Carrot family). It is a perennial herb that is endemic to Japan and is distributed to the Northern Alps in the northern part of the Chubu region of Honshu. It is an alpine type of "Ibuki-bofuu" and grows on gravel and grasslands in the alpine zone, and its height is 10 to 70 cm. The stems are thick, the leaves are biternate to triternate compound, and the leaflets are finely divided into linear lobes. From July to August, compound umbels with a diameter of about 10 cm are borne on the shoot apex and bloom small white flowers. 
長野県白馬村北城「八方尾根」にて、2006年08月25日撮影。 

Shu Suehiro
shu@botanic.jp