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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Thymelaeaceae (ジンチョウゲ科) > Edgeworthia chrysantha
Edgeworthia Meisn. (ミツマタ)Mitsumata (ミツマタ, 三椏/三叉), oriental paperbushEtymology of Japanese name: mitsu = three, mata = pronged → trifurcate Life form: deciduous shrub Distribution: originally in Himalaya - central and southern China Habitat: dry sandy soil in forests, etc. Flower: yellow flowers in spring Use: raw materials for Japanese paper |
Synonyms
Edgeworthia papyrifera Siebold et Zucc. |
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[1-3] at a rooftop garden, Kanda Shrine (神田明神), Tokyo, on May 30 2014. [4/5] in the Koishikawa-Korakuen Gardens (小石川後楽園), Tokyo, on November 18 2016.