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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) > Scrophulariaceae (ゴマノハグサ科) > Russelia equisetiformis
Russelia Jacq. (ハナチョウジ)Hanachouji (ハナチョウジ, 花丁子), fountainbush, firecracker plant, coral plant, coral fountain, coralblow or fountain plantLifeform: weeping, evergreen subshrub with 1.2-1.5 m tall Distribution: Mexico - Guatemala naturalized to artificially disturbed habitats in the other regions |
Leaf: heterophylly = proximal leaves (like usual leaves) + distal leaves (like filaments) Chromosome number: 2n = 20 Use: ornamental - cultivars, e.g., burncoose and lemon falls Synonyms (Hultén 1968): Russelia juncea Zucc. |
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[1-4] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館), that establishes the largest greenhouse in Japan, located in Osaka, on February 6 2022. [5/6] in the glasshouse of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on March 12 2026.