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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 Oct. 4 2006. Revise June 7 2009)

White-flowered Fireweed
Epilobium angustifolium L. f. albiflorum H. Hara
[Onagraceae]

Synonym: Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) Scop. f. albiflorum H. Hara


Epilobium angustifolium f. albiflorum in Alaska

Shirobana-yanagiran (シロバナヤナギラン, 白花柳蘭)

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Photo taken at Poker Flat near Fairbanks, Interior Alaska on July 24, 2006. [Left] A whole individual. [Center] Close-up to an influorescence. [Rgiht] Close-up to a single flower. (All photos were taken by Narita K.)


Epilobium latifolium L.

Hime-yanagiran (ヒメヤナギラン, 姫柳蘭)

Synonyms:
Chamerion latifolium (L.) Holub


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[Left] Along Jago River in ANWR, Alaska, on August 1 2006. [Rgiht] On August 2 2006


References

  • Mosquin, T. 1966. A new taxonomy for Epilobium angustifolium L. (Onagraceae). Brittonia 18: 167-188 (see p. 179)
  • Trelawny, J.G. 1988. Wild flowers of the Yukon, Alaska & Northwestern Canada. Revised edition. Harbour Publishing, British Columbia. 224 p. (see p. 107)
  • Pink-flowered Epilobium angustifolium

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