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(First upload on March 22 2021. Last on December 27 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Gomphocarpus R. Br. (フウセントウワタ) One species used for gardening in Japan, that is: Fuusentouwata (フウセントウワタ, 風船唐綿), balloon cotton, wild cotton, balloon plant Lifeform: evergreen, short shrub (cold-intolerant, treated as annual for gardening in Japan) Distribution: South Africa - Ethiopia Habitat: grasslands and bushlands, often along roadsides and in disturbed areas

Synonyms: Gomphocarpus fruticosus auct. non (L.) W. T. Aiton Asclepias physocarpa (E. Mey.) Schltr.

Gomphocarpus physocarpus transplanted in Hokkaido

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[1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on January 24 2021. [4-6] in a flower garden in front of the Library and Archives of Hokkaido University on August 14 2024.