Native to China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Nansei-shoto, Sakhalin; introduced into Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hawaii, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Vermont, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected

May 26, 2016

Location

Japan, Honshu, Niigata (Shinano, Kamiminochi, Nojiri)

36.848667, 138.137194

Location Remarks

Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Suginosawa. Road 280 (on Google Maps) east to parking for trail to Naena-taki (waterfall). 785 m elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Petasites

Specific Epithet

japonicus

Authorship

(Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#128,719 of 335,497

Top 39%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →