(First upload on May 31 2018. Last on November 30 2018) [ 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) > Nyctaginaceae (オシロイバナ科) > Mirabilis jalapa
⇒ Engler's syllabus (エングラー体系)
290 species in around 33 genera Distribution: mainly in tropical and subtropical regions Fruit: anthocarp Pollen grain: extremely large (> 100 μm) |
Bougainvillea Comm. ex Juss. (イカダカズラ)Mirabilis L. (オシロイバナ)Pisonia L. (ウドノキ) |
About 60 species in the world M. jalapa L. (オシロイバナ) |
M. longifolia L. (ナガバナオシロイバナ) |
M. nyctaginea (Michx.) MacMill. (イヌオシロイバナ) |
Oshiroibana (オシロイバナ, 白粉花/白粧花), marvel of Peru or four o'clock flower Lifeform: annual or perennial forb Distribution: tropical South America
naturalized throughout tropical and warm-temperate regions |
Sepal: red, yellow, white, etc. (no petals) Use: ornamental, medicine f. dichlamydomorpha (Makino) Hiyama (フタエオシロイバナ) |
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[1] in Oi Pier Seaside Park, Tokyo, on December 26 2015. [2/3] in the hometown forest of Haramachida, Tokyo, on December 10 2017. [4/5] on a bank along Sophia Street, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on October 19 2018.