senburi

Senburi is one of Japan's representative herbs, and was given this name because the whole plant is extremely bitter.

It is one of Japan's three major herbs, and has been prized as a stomach medicine since the Edo period.

It grows naturally in sunny grasslands and is also known as a pioneer plant, and is distributed throughout Japan. It is a biennial plant that overwinters as a rosette in the year it germinates.

It flowers from September to November. The flowering period varies as it grows naturally in places at high and low altitudes.

It often grows in clusters, so it looks like many twinkling stars.