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(First upload on February 25 2017. Last on August 21 2023) [ 日本語 | English ]

Althaea Cav. (タチアオイ) Usubeni-tachi-aoi (ウスベニタチアオイ, 薄紅立葵), marsh mallow marshmallow was originally made of the rhizomes Biroudo-aoi (ビロードアオイ, 天鵞絨葵) Lifeform: tall perennial forb ≈ 1-2 m tall Origin: western and central Asia - eastern Europe imported to Japan in Meiji Era (M19) Habitat: salt marshes, damp meadows, river banks. etc. in the original regions Anther: red violet

Use: gardening, ornamental herb, medicine (root as althea root extract) Discarded varieties: ssp. micrantha Dostal ssp. pseudoarmeniaca (Polg.) Karpati ex Soo

Althaea rosea in Hokkaido

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[1-3] under a street tree at N11/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on August 5 2016. [4] along a paved road in N12/W3, North Ward, Sapporo, on September 2 2019. [5/6] in Experimental Station for Medical Plant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, on August 10 2023. Records: in a small flower garden near L Plaza Building, North Ward, Sapporo, on October 15 2018.