(First upload on November 10 2020. Last on July 27 2023) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Asteraceae (キク科) > Centaurea montana
Centaurea L. (ヤグルマギク)Yamayagurumagiku (ヤマヤグルマギク, 山矢車菊), perennial cornflower, bachelor's-button, montane knapweed or mountain bluetLifeform: erect, perennial forb Distribution: Europe (widespread and common in the southerly mountain ranges and rare in the north) Habitat: meadows and open woodlands in upper montane and sub-alpine zones Use: gardening → escaped in Japan |
Chromosome number: 2n = 24 (probably a few types) Synonyms: Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill, often used |
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[1-3] escaped along a paved road in N23/E3, East Ward, Sapporo, on October 8 2020. [4-6] within a small flower garden in a parking lot on N25/W3, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 24 2022. [7/8] in 3/11, Shinkawa, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 6 2023.