Epilobium cephalostigma Haussknecht [Onagraceae]
Iwa-akabana (イワアカバナ, 岩赤花)
Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: China - Far East - Korea - Japan
Habitat: usually in mesic habitats
Seed dispersal: wind
Chromosomal number: 2n = 36
Epilobium cephalostigma on Mount Usu
On September 19 2008 when we collected the former topsoil to extract buried seeds.
In the crater basin on July 14 2009.
References
- Epilobium angustifolium
- Epilobium montanum
- Flora on Mount Usu
- Tsuyuzaki, S. & Goto, M. 2001. Persistence of seed bank under thick volcanic deposits twenty years after eruptions of Mount Usu, Hokkaido Island, Japan. American Journal of Botany 88: 1813-1817