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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 July 23 2009)

Sweet alyssum
Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv. [Brassicaceae]

Niwanazuna (ニワナズナ, 庭薺)

Life form: basically perennial (annual due to low temperature in Hokkaido)
Origin: native to the Mediterranean and Macaronesia (extotic to Japan)
Habitat: ruderal habitats escaped from gardening in the case of Japan

Synonyms

Clypeola maritima L.
Alyssum maritimum (L.) Lam.
Koniga maritima (L.) R. Br.


Lobularia maritima in Hokkaido

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[Left] A whole plant. [Right] Close-up of flowers. At a parking lot along a radoside at East Ward (N24/E1) in the city of Sapporo on August 30, 2008.

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