(First upload on June 10 2014. Last on June 3 2015) [ 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) > Hypericaceae (オトギリソウ科) > Hypericum patulum
Hypericum L. (オトギリソウ)Kinshibai (キンシバイ, 金糸梅), St John's wortLifeform: (semi-)evergreen shrub < 50 cm high Distribution: native to China (Guizhou and Sichuan) → imported to Japan in Edo Era, probably in 1760, not transplanted in Hokkaido Habitat: dry, open sites, such as thickets, scrubby slopes and cliffs |
tolerate to shade and drought → no special treatments for gardening Stamen = short ↔ H. calycinum = longUtilization: groundcover, in particular, for roadside planting Propagation: division Cultivars: cv. Hidcote (タイリンキンシバイ), cv. Sungold |
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[1/2] at the imperial gardens in the former lawn (Shiba) detached palace, Tokyo, on May 29 2015. [3/4] cv. Hidcote along a pedestrian road near Ochanomizu JR Station on May 30 2014.