(First upload on September 25 2017. Last on July 5 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]
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 rosa-sinensis
Hibiscus L. (フヨウ)Bussouge (ブッソウゲ, 仏桑花/扶桑花/仏桑華), rose of China, Chinese hibiscusLifeform: evergreen shrub (intolerant to low temperature) Distribution: original distribution unknown (southern China, Indian Ocean islands, or other regions) Japan: firstly reported around 1610 (imported) |
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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[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.