Winter-flowering cherry

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Prunus subhirtella Miq.

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

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Prunus subhirtella Miq.
Kohiganzakrua (コヒガンザクラ, 小彼岸桜), winter-flowering cherry
Putative hybrid: between Prunus pendula f. ascendens × Prunus incisa (マメザクラ)
Lifeform: deciduous tree
Distribution/habitat: unclear (in particular, the natural populations)
Seed dispersal: animal
Use: street and park trees in south to Tohoku District

Synonyms:

Cerasus subhirtella (Miq.) Sokolov

var. autumnalis Makino
var. koshiensis (Koidz.) Ohwi (コシノヒガンザクラ)
f. autumnalis (Makino) Koehne (ジュウガツザクラ, 十月桜)
Synonyms:

Cerasus subhirtella (Miq.) Sokolov cv. Autumnalis
Cerasus subhirtella (Miq.) Sokolov f. autumnalis (Makino) H. Ohba

Prunus subhirtella in Japan

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[1-3] f. autumnalis at the imperial gardens in the former lawn (Shiba) detached palace, Tokyo, on May 29 2015.