(First upload on May 18 2014. Last on April 25 2019) [ 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) > Rosaceae (バラ科) > Chaenomeles speciosa
Chaenomeles Lindl. (ボケ)Boke (ボケ, 木瓜), flowering quinceLifeform: deciduous shrub < 2 m in height Distribution: native to China, introduced to Japan in Heian Era Flower: red - white Branch: with or without spines Leaf: developing two large stipules at the base of leaf Chromosome number: 2n = 34 Use: gardening, bonsai |
Synonyms:
Chaenomeles lagenaria Koidz. Cultivars: Toyonishiki, Yume, Hinomihata and Takanenishiki (large, single-flowered), Sekaiichi and Daihoshu (extremely large, double-flowered), Azumashibori (precocity), Koko (moderate-sized, single-flowered) |
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[1] at Yachidamo Park (Yachidamo = Fraxinus mandshurica), N28E4, East Ward, Sapporo, on May 6 2015. [2/3] at a house garden, N7/W5, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 8 2014. [4] along a paved road on N22/W2, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 22 2017. [5/6] near the North Gate of the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, on May 15 2014. [7] in a house garden, N27/E2, East Ward, Sapporo, on July 3 2018. [8] at the imperial gardens in the former lawn (Shiba) detached palace, Tokyo, on May 29 2015. [9] in Oi Pier Seaside Park, Tokyo, on December 26 2015. [10] near the South Park of Kobe Port Island, western Japan, on March 15 2019. [Records] in front of the office building of Shizunai Experimental Farm of Hokkaido University, south-central Hokkaido, on June 17 2016.