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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) > Asclepiadaceae (ガガイモ科) > Gomphocarpus physocarpus
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 |
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[1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on January 24 2021.