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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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Chrysanthemum (キク)Ryuunougiku (リュウノウギク, 竜脳菊), camphol aster* (*: tentative)Lifeform: perennial forb with 30-50 cm in height Distribution: endemic to Japan between Honshu (Fukushima and Niigata Prefecture) and Kyushu (Miyazaki Prefecture) Habitat: forest margins and gaps |
Chromosome number: 2n = 18 Use: formerly used as medicine (by camphor and borneol) Synonyms
Dendranthema japonicum (Maxim.) Kitam. |
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[1-3] near Kintaro Rock between Togendai and Ubako, Hakone, central Honshu, on August 21 2021.