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(First upload on September 25 2017. Last on July 5 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Hibiscus L. (フヨウ)
Bussouge (ブッソウゲ, 仏桑花/扶桑花/仏桑華), rose of China, Chinese hibiscus
Lifeform: evergreen shrub (intolerant to low temperature)
Distribution: original distribution unknown (southern China, Indian Ocean islands, or other regions)

Japan: firstly reported around 1610 (imported)

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Habitat: coasts
Flower: diverse due to many cultivars (red - white, orange, yellow, violet and brown, with 5-15 cm in diameter
Use: ornamental → more than 8,000 cultivars
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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in Asia


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[1] near Hashigui-Iwa in Nanki Kumano Geopark, western Japan, on June 25 2024. [2] double-flowered cultivar in the Puppet Emperor Palace (満州国皇宮), Changchun, Jilin Province, northeast China, on June 15 2017. [3] in a pot beside the office of the Tomakomai Experimental Forest of Hokkaido University on November 30 2019. [4/5] in front of a restaurant in N12/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on October 14 2019.

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