Chrysanthemum kinokuniense

Chrysanthemum kinokuniense (キイシオギク) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is endemic to the Kii Peninsula of Honshū, Japan.

Taxonomy
First described in 1935 by Japanese botanists Naomasa Shimotomai and Siro Kitamura (北村四郎), as Chrysanthemum shiwogiku var. kinokuniense, it was elevated to independent species status within the section Ajania in 2004 by Hiroyoshi Ohashi and Koji Yonekura (米倉浩司). The specific epithet relates to the type locality in former Kii Province.

Distribution
Chrysanthemum kinokuniense occurs in coastal areas of the Kii Peninsula, in what is now Wakayama Prefecture and Mie Prefecture.