(First upload on July 8 2015. Last on November 15 2017) [ 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) > Spiraea japonica
Spiraea L. (シモツケ)Shimotsuke (シモツケ, 下野), Japanese spiraeaLifeform: 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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[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.