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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) > Stellaria neglecta
Stellaria L. (ハコベ)Midorihakobe (ミドリハコベ, 緑繁縷), greater chickweedLifeform: annual/biennial forb < 30-60 cm high Distribution: widespread in Eurasian Continent, including Japan Habitat: damp, slightly-shady conditions; usually found in woodlands, hedges or stream banks Flower: white, consisting of five sepals (looking like ten) Chromosome number: 2n = 22 |
Use: edible → The seven spring herbs (春の七草) Synonyms:
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. var. procera Klatt et Richt. |
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[1] along a forest road in Shimokawa Town, northern Hokkaido, on May 27 2016. [2] in a house garden, N18/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on October 19 2009. [3] in the campus of Northeast Normal University in Changchun, northeastern China, on June 5 2017.