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(First upload on April 3 2012. Last on May 11 2017) [ 日本語 | English ]

Pieris D. Don (アセビ) One species native to Japan ⇒ Pieris japonica (Thunb.) D. Don ex G. Don Asebi (アセビ, 馬酔木, s.l.), lily-of-the-valley bush Lifeform: evergreen shrub Distribution: the northern limit of distribution is Fukushima Prefecture, Honshu (endemic to Japan) Habitat: (evergreen) broad-leaved forests Poisonous plant → asebotoxin (grqyanotoxin) Synonyms: Andromeda japonica Thunb.

ssp. japonica (アセビ, s.s.) ssp. koidzumiana (Ohwi) Hatus. (リュウキュウアセビ) ssp. taiwanensis (Hayata) Hatus. (タイワンアセビ) var. yakushimensis T. Yamaz. (ヤクシマアセビ) f. elegantissima (Carrière) Nakai (フイリアセビ) f. monostachya (Nakai) H. Hara (ホナガアセビ) Cultivars: cv. Christmas cheer, cv. Daisen & cv. flamingo → f. rosea Makino (ウスベニアセビ/アケボノアセビ, 薄紅馬酔木, 曙馬酔木): flower, pale pink

Pieris japonica in Japan

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[1] in the campus of Ryukoku University (Ryukoku Forest), Otsu City, eastern Japan, on March 17 2012. [2] on Mount Misen (弥山, 535 m elevation), Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 16 2014. [3] in Nagasaki Park (formerly Suwa Park), northwestern Kyushu, on April 16 2017. [4] near the entrance of Seyama trail in Kobe, western Japan, on March 16 2019. Discarded: in West Ikebukuro Park, Tokyo, on March 14 2017.

f. rosea

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[1] cv. Christmas cheer: near a cropfield close to an entrance of a trail on Mount Yatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 5 2013. [2/3] near Itsukushima Shrine, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 16 2014. The shrine and its surrounding area are registered on the World Heritage List (世界遺産) → Tsuga sieboldii forest.