Tabirako
Lapsana apogonoides
Location: Kagiken- Location: Illust:Yuki @Kagiken (Science&Technology Inst.co.,Tokyo )
- Flower nameTabirako
- Scientific nameLapsana 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.
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
- GenusLapsana
- SpeciesL. apogonoides
- Type of flowerRadial symmetrical flower
- Array of flowerCorymbose inflorescence
- Petal shapeHead flower
- Leaf typePinnate compound leaf
- Edge of the leafSerrated
- Life type2 year's wild grass
- Flower colorsYellow
- Colors of the leavesGreen
- Fruit color
- Height10.0 ~ 10.0 cm
- Diameter of flower0.5 ~ 0.6 cm
