(First upload on July 11 2009. Last on July 21 2019) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Amaryllidaceae (ヒガンバナ科) > Leucojum vernum
Leucojum L. (オオマツユキソウ)Oomatsuyukisou (オオマツユキソウ, 大待雪草), spring snowflakeSuzuransuisen (スズランスイセン, 鈴蘭水仙) Do not be confused with Matsuyukisou (マツユキソウ, Galanthus nivalis L.) Lifeform: perennial forbDistribution: native to central Europe (exotic to Japan) |
Habitat: spring ephemeral in the original sites, woods, thickets, hedgebanks and meadows, usually in hilly areas and in calcareous soils
HUSTEP: Plants and Plant communities in Japan (flora list) var. vernumvar. carpathicum Herb.: yellow spots on tepals and more cultivars |
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These are var. carpathicum on April 6 2009 in a forest close to GSEES. [1] from the side. The flower is characterized by a green or yellow spots on the ends of tepals. [2/3] in the forest on April 11 2019. [4/5] in the forest on March 15 2014. [6] on March 26 2021. The flowering is earlier in this year.