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(First upload on July 8 2015. Last on November 15 2017) [ 日本語 | English ]

Spiraea japonica L. f.






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

Spiraea L. (シモツケ)
Shimotsuke (シモツケ, 下野), Japanese spiraea
Lifeform: deciduous shrub < 1.2 m high
Distribution: China - Korea - Japan
Original habitat: grasslands, etc.
Flower: white - pink
Use: gardening
var. ovatifolia Koidz. (ヒロハシモツケ)
f. albiflora (Miq.) Kitamura (シロバナシモツケ), flower = white
f. alpina (Maxim.) Kitamura (オヤマシモツケ), leaf = small and oval, in Hakone and Fuji
f. hipoglauca (Koidz.) Kitamura (ウラジロシモツケ), leaf backside = white-green, in Kagoshima
f. ibukiensis Makino (ヒメシモツケ), similar with f. alpina on Mount Ibuki
and cultivars
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Spiraea japonica transplanted in Hokkaido


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[1/2] at the imperial gardens in the former lawn (Shiba) detached palace, Tokyo, on May 29 2015. in Sapporo Art Forest, South Ward, Sapporo on August 16 2017. [4-6] in Funka Bay Panorama Park, Yakumo Town, southern Hokkaido, on August 29 2016.

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