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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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f. variegatumat a small garden in front of a restaurant (Turtle Club), Fairbanks, AK, on August 5 2013. This species must be intolerant to coldness. |
Nouzenharen (ノウゼンハレン, 凌霄葉蓮), nasturtium
Kinrenka (キンレンカ, 金蓮花)
Origin of English common name (attn.): the tatse is similar with that of Nasturtium. However, Nasturtium is a genus in Brassicaceae.
Life form: annual forb
Distribution: native to the South America (Peru, Chile and Brazil) → exotic to Japan
Habitat: tropical alpine, i.e., the Andes → intolerant to high temperature > 25°C (also intolerant to cold)
Flower color: orange, yellow, red, pink, etc.
Utilization: herb for vegetable and gardening
f. variegatum Hort. (フイリノウゼンハレン)
⇒ Engler's syllabus (エングラー体系) One or three genera
Tropaeolum L. (ノウゼンハレン) |
Tropaeolum L.
T. majus L. (ノウゼンハレン) |