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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) > Lythrum anceps
Lythrum L. (ミソハギ)Misohagi (ミソハギ, 禊萩), Japanese loosestrifeLifeform: clonal, perennial forb, with 50-100 cm in height Distribution: Japan (Hokkaidō to Kyushu) - Korea - northern China native to Japan, but not originally distributed in Hokkaido Habitat: sunny wetlands (湿原), riverbanks, pond edges, and moist mountain meadows |
Stem: upright, hairless, often branched at the top Leaf: lanceolate, opposite Chromosome number: 2n = 30 Use: gardening, obon flower in Japan |
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[1-3] in Jindai Botanical Gardens Aquatic Plant Garden, Chofu, central Japan, on July 30 2025.