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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 August 19 2011. Last on November 14 2011)

Saltwort
Salsola komarovii Iljin [Chenopodiaceae]

Okahijiki (オカヒジキ, 岡鹿尾菜/岡羊栖菜)

Lifeform: annual forb < 30 cm high
Distribution: East Asia incluidng Japan
Habitat: sand coast
Edible plant

Synonyms

Salsola soda auct. non L.


Salsola L. in Japan

S. collina Pall. (ヤマヒジキ)
S. komarovii Iljin (オカヒジキ)
S. tragus L. (ハリヒジキ)


Salsola komarovii in Hokkaido

ST1 ST2
ST3 ST4
[1] an individual. [2] a top of a shoot. [1/2]at Sunasaki Coast, southern Hokkaido, on July 22 2011. [3] close-up of a top. [4] a tiny flower. [3/4] At Zenibako Coast (銭函海岸), Otaru City, on August 31 2011.


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