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Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv.






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

Loiseleuria Desv. (ミネズオウ)
One species in the genus
Minezuou (ミネズオウ, 峰蘇芳), alpine azalea
Life form: prostrate, evergreen shrub < 20 cm tall
Distribution: (sub)arctic regions and high mountains of the northern hemisphere, including Japan (north to central Honshu)
Habitat: fellfields

alpine plants in Japan

Fruit: septicidal capsule, containing many seeds
Chromosome number: 2n = 24
Synonyms:

Azalea procumbens L.
Chamaecistus procumbens (L.) Kuntze
Kalmia procumbens (L.) Gift, Kron et P.F. Stevens ex Galasso, Banfi et F. Conti

f. rubra Hayashi (ベニバナミネズオウ)
f. watanabeana Yanagita (ツマキミネズオウ)
索引

Loiseleuria procumbens in Alaska


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[1-3] at Mile Ppost 308 along Dalton Highway, interior Alaska, on August 2 2014.

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