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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 February 9 2011)

Sanicula chinensis Bunge [Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)]

Umanomitsuba (ウマノミツバ, 馬ノ三葉)

Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: Far East - China - Korea - Japan
Habitat: forest floor
Chromosome number: 2n = 8, 16


Sanicula L. in Japan

S. chinensis Bunge (ウマノミツバ)
S. kaiensis Makino et Hisauchi (ヤマナシウマノミツバ)
S. lamelligera Hance (ヒメウマノミツバ)

var. wakayamensis (Masam.) Murata (キイウマノミツバ)

S. rubriflora Fr. Schm. (クロバナウマノミツバ)
S. tuberculata Maxim. (フキヤミツバ)


Sanicula chinensis in Hokkaido

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At Kofu-en Park, South Ward, Sapporo, on July 31 2009.

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