(First upload on October 13 2008. Last on September 3 2023) [ 日本語 | English ]
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) > Veronica tenella
Veronica L. (クワガタソウ)V. serpyllifolia L.Life form: perennial forb Chromosome number: 2n = 14 ssp. humifusa (Dicks.) Syme ex Sowerby Tengukuwagata (テングクワガタ, 天狗鍬形), brightblue speedwell Distribution: Japan (Hokkaido- Honshu), North America Habitat: (slightly) wet sites (often described as montane and subalpine plant. That is for Honshu) |
Flower: blue Glandular hair: much on flower stalks and stems Synonyms:
Veronica lilacina F. Towns. |
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[1] on an artificial grassland near Sarobetsu Wetland Visitor Center, northern Hokkaido, on May 28 2017. [2] at a small stream near Tomamu skislope, central Hokkaido, on June 24 2013. [3] in a foerst at the third station on Mount Apoi (アポイ岳), central southern Hokkaido, on June 15 2016. [4] on a trail to Matsuyama Bog, northern Hokkaido, on June 27 2018.
Kotengukuwagata (コテングクワガタ, 小天狗鍬形), thymeleaf speedwell |
Distribution: North Africa - Europe - West Asia
exotic to Japan (introduced to Hokkaido before World War II) |
Flower: pale blue Glandular hair: none |
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[1] in front of Kuromatsunai Town Office, southern Hokkaido, on May 18 2023. [2-4] on a lawn in the Rose Garden on Haboro, northern Hokkaido. [1/2] on May 22 2016. [3/4] on May 27 2017. [5/6] on a grassland in Fujimi Road Station, northern Hokkaido, on August 29 2018. Discarded: on a lawn near a parking lot close to Utonai Lake on June 11 2008; on a lawn near Sarobetsu Wetland Center, northern Hokkaido, on May 22 2016; on the Road Station Assabu, southern Hokkaido, on May 15 2019.