(First upload on July 4 2015. Last on January 27 2024) [ 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) > Lythraceae (ミソハギ科) > Lagerstroemia indica
Lagerstroemia L. (サルスベリ)Sarusuberi (サルスベリ/ヒャクジツコウ, 猿滑/百日紅), crapemyrtleLifeform: deciduous tree ≈ 7 m tall Origin: southern China introduced to Japan in Edo Era → frost tolerant |
Habitat: semi-shaded places, rich fields, wild or cultivated Seed dispersal: wind using wing Chromosome number: 2n = 48 or 50 cv. alba = f. alba (G. Nicholson) Rehder (シロバナサルスベリ) cv. tuscarora cv. Natchez, hybrid between L. indica × fauriei (syn. L. subcostata var. L. fauriei) |
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[1/2] at the imperial gardens in the former lawn Shiba detached palace, Tokyo, on May 29 2015. [3] cv tuscarora in Sakuma Park, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on December 16 2017. ⇒ bark (樹皮). [4] in a herb garden at the roof floor of National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, on August 19 2021. [5/6] in the garden of To-ji Temple, Kyoto, on September 18 2022.
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[1-3] on a fruticetum in Hokkaido University Botanic Garden on September 30 2023.