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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 mutabilis
Hibiscus L. (フヨウ)Fuyou (フヨウ, 芙蓉), cotton rosemallow < 4 m tallLifeform: deciduous shrub Distribution: China - Taiwan - Japan (south to Kyushu), probably originated from central-southern China Habitat: coasts Flower: pink - white, with 10-15 cm in diameter Leaf: developing long petiole ≈ 10-20 cm long |
Varieties (Cultivars) cv. flore pleno (ヤエフヨウ) cv. versicolor (スイフヨウ, 酔芙蓉) Flower: double-flowered, white → pink |
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[1-3] in Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tokyo, on November 13 2015.