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Shiro TSUYUZAKI
Plant community ecology / Environmental conservation

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

(Update on December 22 2010)

Clematis stans Siebold et Zuccarini
[Ranunculaceae]

Kusabotan (クサボタン, 草牡丹)

Lifeform: perennial (semi-woody) forb < 1 m high
Distribution: endemic to Japan, including southern Hokkaido
Habitat: sunny sites, such as forest edges

Varieties

var. austrojaponensis (Ohwi) Ohwi (ツクシクサボタン)


Clematis stans in Hokkaido

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[Left] a patch. [Center] flowers. [Right] fruits. On Mount Hakotate on September 23 2010.

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