(First upload on January 19 2020. Last on May 4 2020) [ 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) > Caryophyllaceae (ナデシコ科) > Dianthus caryophyllus
Dianthus L. (ナデシコ)Oranda-nadeshiko (オランダナデシコ, 阿蘭陀撫子)カーネーション/オランダセキチク, carnation or clove pink Lifeform: perennial forb < 80 cm in height, treated as annual or biennial for gardening Distribution: native probably to the Mediterranean regions in southern Europe and western Asia introduced to Japan in the early Edo Era |
Habitat: limestone soils, often found on old walls (in Britain) Use: ornamental and gardening Cultivars ≈ D. caryophyllus × D. plumarius Gina Porto, Helen, Laced Romeo, Red Rocket, and more |
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[1-3] on a flower bed under a street tree in N14/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on October 14 2019. [4-6] on a small flower garden in front of a building, N15/W4, North Ward, Sapporo. [4] on April 17 2020. [5/6] on April 30 2020. Records: in the North Ward of Sapporo on April 10 and 12, 2021.