(First upload on May 24 2011. Last on April 17 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) > Spiraea thunbergii
Spiraea L. (シモツケ)Yukiyanagi (ユキヤナギ, 雪柳), Thunberg meadowsweetKogomebana (コゴメバナ, 小米花) Lifeform: short, deciduous shrub < 2 m high Distribution: China - southern Japan (exotic to Hokkaido assigned in Blue List) Original habitat: sunny rocky surface Use: gardening, flower arrangement → Cultivars: many, e.g., Fujino-pinky and Aurea |
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[1] at South Ikebukuro Park, Tokyo, on March 15 2017. [2/3] along a raod in N11/W1, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 9 2011. [4] in front of Faculty of Engineer, Hokkaido University, on May 26 2011. [5/6] in the South Park of Kobe Port Island, western Japan, on March 15 2019.