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(First upload on September 8 2011. Last on January 10 2013) [ 日本語 | English ]

Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC. ssp. japonica (Hassk.) Hand.-Mazz.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Cryptotaenia DC (ミツバ) in Japan
Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC.
Canadian hornewort
One subspecies is distributed in Japan:
ssp. japonica (Hassk.) Hand.-Mazz.
Mitsuba (ミツバ, 三葉), Japanese honewort
Lifeform: perennial forb < 80 cm high
Distribution: China - Korea - Japan (on the subspecies)
Habitat: shady and wet sites

Field training on integrated environmental research (統合環境調査法実習) (fauna and flora 種リスト)

Edible plant, popular in Japan
Synonyms:

C. canadensis auct. non (L.) DC.
C. canadensis (L.) DC. var. japonica (Hassk.) Makino
C. japonica Hassk.

f. dissecta (Y. Yabe) Makino (ウシミツバ), laciniate leaflets
f. warabiana (Makino) Yonek. (ハニヤミツバ)
f. atropurpurea (Makino) Yonek. (ムラサキミツバ)
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Cryptotaenia canadensis in Hokkaido


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[1] a plant community completely dominated by honewort. [2] a leaf. [3] inflorescences. [1] near a tennis court in the Hokkaido University campus on August 30 2013. [2/3] at Yachidamo Park, East Ward, Sapporo, on June 18 2011. [4] inflorescences at a fruiting stage in front of Toya Lake Experimental Station, HU, on August 23 2011. [5] in front of Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, on May 22 2020.

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