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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) > Malvaceae (アオイ科) > Hibiscus hamabo
Hibiscus L. (フヨウ)Hamabou (ハマボウ, 浜朴/黄槿), Yellow rosemallowLifeform: well-branching, deciduous shrub, with 1-3 m in height Distribution: Korea (Jeju Island) - Japan (western side and Amami Oshima Island) |
Habitat: sand in brackish water areas such as river mouths and bays Flower: yellow, ca 7-10 cm in diameter Use: used as rope, footcloth, fabric, etc. Synonyms: Talipariti hamabo (Siebold et Zucc.) Fryxell f. albiflorus H. Nakan. (シロバナハマボウ) |
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[1-3] at Kushima Island in Nanki-Kumano GeoPark, western Japan, on June 25 2024.