Thunberg lespedeza

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Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai

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

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Lespedeza Michx. (ハギ)

ssp. formosa (Vogel) H. Ohashi (タイワンハギ)
ssp. patens (Nakai) H. Ohashi (ケハギ)

f. nivea (S. Akiyama et H. Ohba) H. Ohashi (ユキハギ)
f. sericea (Matsum.) H. Ohashi (タテヤマハギ)

ssp. satsumensis (Nakai) H. Ohashi (サツマハギ)
ssp. thunbergii

f. alba (Nakai) H. Ohashi et K. Ohashi (シラハギ), white flower
f. angustifolia (Nakai) Ohwi (ビッチュウヤマハギ)
f. miyagialba H. Ohashi et K. Ohashi (シロバナミヤギノハギ)

f. thunbergii
Miyaginohagi (ミヤギノハギ, 宮城野萩), Thunberg lespedeza
Lifeform: deciduous shrub ≈ 1-2 m high
Distribution: China - Japan, escaped
Habitat: roadsides, grasslands and forest edges
Leaf: sharpened top L. bicolor = rounded top
Chromosome number: 2n = 40
Use: gardening
Synonyms:

Lespedeza liukiuensis Hatus.
Lespedeza penduliflora (Oudem.) Nakai
Lespedeza wilfordii auct. non Ricker

f. versicolor (Nakai) Ohwi (ソメワケハギ)
cv. nipponica (ニシキハギ, s.s.)

Lespedeza thunbergii in Hokkaido

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[1] at a house garden in N18/W2, North Ward, Sapporo, on October 9 2020. [2/3] at the imperial gardens in the former lawn (Shiba) detached palace, Tokyo, on May 29 2015. [4/5] transplanted in front of the south gate of Faculty of Engineer, HU, on October 16 2009. The tree is transplanted.

ssp. patens (ケハギ)

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[1-3] within a flower garden near COREDO Muromachi Terrace, Nihonbashi Muromachi, Tokyo, on November 6 2024.

f. alba (シラハギ)

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[1-3] on a bank along Sophia Street, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on October 19 2018.