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(First upload on January 23 2023. Last on July 7 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Melampodium divaricatum (Rich.) DC.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Melampodium L., blackfoots
Gold medallion, butter daisy or million gold
Lifeform: annual forb
Distribution: originally in northern South America, Central America, Mexico and US

escaped in Japan

Habitat: pastures, cultivated and perennial crops, roadsides and ditchbanks
Chromosome number: 2n = 24
Use: gardening
Synonyms:

Melampodium paludosum Kunth

Cultivars: million gold, million lemon (flower = pale lemon yellow), paradise (leaf = large, shoot = tall), golden globe (dwarf form ≈ 20 cm high), etc.
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Melampodium divaricatum in Hokkaido


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[1-3] beside an apartment in N17/E2, East Ward, Sapporo, on September 7 2022. [4] beside a building in N24/E1, East Ward, Sapporo, on June 8 2024. [5/6] within a small flower garden along a treet in N20/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on September 16 2025.

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