Tabirako

Lapsana apogonoides

Flower name
Tabirako
Scientific name
Lapsana apogonoides
Alias田平子, コオニタビラコ, 小鬼田平子
Place of originJapan, Taiwan, Korea, China
Place of floweringFields and footpaths
Flowering seasonApril

What is Tabirako

Tabirako, scientific name:Lapsana apogonodes, is 2 year's wild grass of the Lapsana genus the Asteraceae department native to Taiwan, Korea, China and Japan. In spring, blooms small yellow flowers on the roadside. It is one of the seven spring flowers.

Generic name: Tabirako, scientific name:Lapsana apogonoides , Habitat: Honshu-Shikoku and Kyushu, path, grass : 10 cm heigh, leaf: pinnately compound leaves, and reaching the top, rounded, leaves hair: nothing, flower: pale yellow, flower diameter:0.5-0.6 cm, flowering: April.