(First upload on April 24 2017. Last on September 22 2017) [ 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) > Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (アブラナ科) > Orychophragmus violaceus
Orychophragmus Bunge (ショカツサイ)Shokatsusai (ショカツサイ, 諸葛菜), Chinese violet cressムラサキハナナ (紫花菜) オオアラセイトウ (大紫羅欄花) Confusion: sometimes called Hanadaikon (ハナダイコン) = Hesperis matronalis L. Life form: annual/biennial forbDistribution: native to eastern China (exotic to Japan) introduced to Japan in Edo Era Habitat: disturbed sites, escaped from gardening (in Japan) |
Seed: developing seedbank Use: gardening, edible var. lasiocarpus Migo (ケショカツサイ) O. violaceus vs. H. matronalis Flower: concentrated on the top vs. sparse Flowering stalk: branching vs. no branching Leaf: gloss vs. matte elliptic vs. lanceolate Hair: none on the leaves vs. rough Teeth: rough vs. fine |
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[1-3] around Gokoku Temple (護国寺), Tokyo, on March 15 2017.
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[4-6] in the campus of Northeast Normal University in Changchun, northeastern China, on June 10 2017.