(First upload on August 23 2015. Last on June 5 2021) [ 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) > Salvia splendens
Salvia L. (アキギリ) in Japanhigoromosou (ヒゴロモソウ, 緋衣草), scarlet sage or tropical sagecommonly called sarubia (サルビア) in Japan Lifeform: perennial forb (original species ≈ 1 m tall), treated as annual for gardening Distribution: originally growing beween 2000 to 3000 m elevation in Brazil Habitat: warm year-round and with high humidity → low cold-tolerant |
Use: gardening ⇒ many cultivars ≈ 500 species
→ most of them are dwarf-formed (less than 50-76 cm tall) |
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[1/2] under a street tree on N10/W3, North Ward, Sapporo, on July 6 2015. [3] under a street tree on N23/W3, North Ward, Sapporo, on September 7 2015. [4-6] at a small garden adjacent to Horokita Temple, N23/W3, North Ward, Sapporo, on September 3 2016. [7/8] under a street tree in N12/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 14 2021.