(First upload on March 27 2014. Last on March 30 2022) [ 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) > Oleaceae (モクセイ科) > Osmanthus heterophyllus
Osmanthus Lour. (モクセイ)O. heterophyllus (G. Don) P. S. Greenvar. bibracteatus (Hayata) P. S. GreenHiiragi (ヒイラギ), false holly or holly oliveLifeform: evergreen short tree, 4-8 m high (dioecism) Distribution: East Asia, including Japan (south to Kanto District) Habitat: mountaineous forests Leaf: ntire or spiny (dimorphic), opposite ↔ Ilex aquifolium: alternate Fruit: black |
Synonyms:
Osmanthus ilicifolius (Hassk.) Carriere, Osmanthus acutus Masam. et K.Mori var. bibracteatus (Hayata) P.S.Green (ヒイラギ, s.s.)var. heterophyllus Distribution: endemic to Taiwan Leaf: always entire f. subangustatus (Makino) Murata (キッコウヒイラギ) cv. argenteomarginatus (シラフヒイラギ. 白斑柊) cv variegatus (シマヒイラギ, 縞柊) |
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[1-3] at a promenade along the Tamagawa Aqueduct, Mitaka, Tokyo, on January 15 2015.
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[1-3] in Tomakomai Sun Garden glasshouse on January 10 2022.
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[1/2] in front of a hotel near JR Okachimachi Station, Tokyo, on January 8 2019. [3] along a street near JR Kanda Station, Tokyo, on June 7 2019.
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O. × fortunei Carriereヒイラギモクセイ, Fortune's osmanthus= O. heterophyllus × O. fragrans (putative) → only male strain growing in Japan → cuttage for gardening Lifeform: evergreen short tree Leaf shape: young = sawtooth → old: diverse Flower: savory and white in October and November Use: hedge |
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[1-3] at a garden in the Hiroshima Castle, western Japan, on March 13 2014. [3] a bark (樹皮). [4] at a park near the Tsukuba Station of Tsukuba Express, Ibaragi Prefecture, on March 7 2014. [5] in Tsurumi Green Space Park (鶴見緑地公園), Tsurumi Ward, Osaka City, on February 6 2022.