(First upload on May 7 2008. Last on May 19 2019) [ 日本語 | English ]
Gagea lutea (L.) Ker-Gawl.
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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Gagea L. (キバナノアマナ)Kibata-no-amana (キバナノアマナ, 黄花甘菜), yellow star of Bethlehem (amana means sweet vegetable)Lifeform: spring-ephemeral perennial (flowering starts soon after snow melting) < 30 cm high, developing bulbs Distribution: Europe - Asia, including Japan |
Habitat: forest edge, grassland, etc.
HUSTEP: Plants and Plant communities in Japan (flora list) Use: rhizome - edible Synonyms:
Gagea sylvatica (Pers.) Loudon. |
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Gagea lutea in Hokkaido University Campus
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[1] in the lawn of Faculty of Science of HU on April 16 2019. [2/3] near GSEES building in Hokkaido University Campus. [1] on April 30 2012. [2] on April 22 2008. [3] on April 25 2017. [4] at the Institute of Low Temperature Science, HU, on April 21 2012. [5] near ILTS, HU, on May 10 2013. [6] at a roadside between Japanese archery training house and tennis courts, HU, on March 30 2015. The flowering in this year was about two weeks earlier than usual. Records: at a roadside between Japanese archery training house and tennis courts, HU, on April 7 2021 and April 16 2022. Flowering near the Japanese Archery Training Hall of HU on April 4 2023. Flowering at the backyard of Toya Lake Experimental Station on April 14 2023 and in Keiteki-no-mori Forest (恵迪の森), HU, on April 10 2024.