(First upload on November 30 2013. Last on September 11 2020) [ 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) > Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (シソ科) > Perilla frutescens
Perilla L. (シソ)var. crispa (Thunb.) H. Deane (シソ, s.l.)Shiso (シソ, 紫蘇), beefsteak plant, Japanese basil, or Shiso Lifeform: annual forb ≈ 1 m in height Distribution: originally distributed in Himalaya, China, and Myanmar〔formerly Burma), introduced from China to Japan (ancient exotic) Habitat: roadsides, open lands, etc., escaped from gardening and crop fields Edible and medical |
Synonyms:
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton var. acuta (Thunb.) Kudo Use: leaf = vitamin supplementation
f. rosea (G. Nicholson) Kudo (マダラジソ) |
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f. purpurea [1-4] at a roadside, N10/W1, North Ward, Sapporo, on September 4 2013. [5] on an unpaved parking lot, N26/E2, East Ward, Sapporo, on August 19 2016. [6] at a backyard of Takahara Restaurant on the foot of Mount Koma on September 7 2020.