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(First upload on Januray 19 2014. Last on January 17 2023) [ 日本語 | English ]

Pollia Thunb. (ヤブミョウガ) Yabumyouga (ヤブミョウガ, 薮茗荷), (Japanese) spiderwort Life form: rhizomatous, perennial forb with 50-90 cm in height Distribution: East Asia (China - Taiwan - Korea - Japan, south to Kanto District) Habitat: forest floors (mainly in evergreen broad-leaved forests) Friut: white → blue → black Chromosome number: 2n = 38 Edible: young shoot

var. minor Walker (コヤブミョウガ), less than 40 cm tall and fewer flowers in Okinawa and Kagoshima Synonyms (-: Pollia): - miranda (H. Lév.) H. Hara, recently adopted (separated from P. japonica) - secundiflora, auct. non (Blume) Bakh. f. - minor Honda - japonica Thunb. var. miranda (H. Lév.) Kitam.

Pollia japonica in Japan

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[1-3] at a 6th trail near the Biwa Falls on Mount Takao (599 m elevation), Tokyo, on October 21 2013. Ref. Mount Takao forest for recreational use (高尾山自然休養林). [4/5] along an unpaved road in Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 18 2022. [6] in Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tokyo, on November 13 2015.