Pertya scandens

Taxobox
name = "Pertya scandens"

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = Pertya scandens
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Pertya"
species = "Pertya scandens"

"Pertya scandens" is a type of small, deciduous shrubbery belonging to the asteraceae family. In Japan, it is often bundled together from Mount Kōya and used as material for constructing brooms. As such, it is named in Japanese, "Kōyabōki" (高野箒, Kōya Broom). From Kantō to Kyūshū, it can be found in sunny mountain forests. Its stalks are narrow but firm, and it possesses broad, oval-shaped leaves. Its flowerhead, which blooms on the autumn of its first year, typically holds around 10 cylindrical, white seeds at the length of 1.5cm approximately.