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Oxypetalum coeruleum (D. Don ex Sweet) Decne






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

Oxypetalum R. Br. (ルリトウワタ)
Ruritouwata (ルリトウワタ, 瑠璃唐綿), blue milkweed, southern star, or tweedia
Lifeform: evergreen perennial forb
Distribution: South America (southern Brazil - Uruguay)

exotic to Australia, New Zealand, etc.

Use: gardening
Synonyms:

Amblyopetalum coeruleum (D. Don) Malme
Tweedia coerulea D. Don ex Sweet, formerly used
Tweedia versicolor Hook.

Cultivars: alba (white flower), rosea (pink flower), heavenborn, etc.
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Oxypetalum coeruleum in Hokkaido


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[1-3] in a small flower garden in front of a building in N20/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on November 12 2019.

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