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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

(First update on February 25 2011. Last on October 8 2011)

Common selfheal for the type
Prunella vulgaris L. subsp. asiatica (Nakai) H. Hara
[Lamiaceae (Labitae)]

Utsubogusa (ウツボグサ, 靫草)

Lifeform: perennial forb < 30 cm high
Distribution: temperate East Asia, including Japan
Habitat: grassland - sunny forest
Medical plant

Synonyms

Prunella asiatica Nakai
Prunella vulgaris L. var. lilacina Nakai


Prunella L. in Japan

P. prunelliformis (Maxim.) Makino (タテヤマウツボグサ)
P. vulgaris L.

subsp. vulgaris (セイヨウウツボグサ): the type
subsp. asiatica (Nakai) H. Hara (ウツボグサ)

var. aleutica Fern. (ミヤマウツボグサ): lack stolon


Prunella vulgaris subsp asiatica in Hokkaido

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[1] at the former Bibai Coal Mine on July 20 2003. The mine was abandoned. [2] a colony. [3] close-up of an inflorescence on the top of a shoot. [2/3] at a shortcut to go Nakayama International Skislope on July 20 2011.


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