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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Theaceae (ツバキ科) > Stewartia monadelpha
Stewartia L. (ナツツバキ)Himesyara (ヒメシャラ, 姫沙羅), tall stewartiaEtymology of Japanese name: Tree resembles Syara-no-ki (S. pseudo-camellia) but the flower is smaller Lifeform: deciduous tree Distribution: southern Japan Habitat: (pioneer) Bark (樹皮) |
Flowering: white flowers, being similar with C. japonica, in early summer f. sericea (Nakai) H. Hara (トチュウシャラノキ) |
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[1/2] in Rakuju-en Garden, Mishima, on November 18 2009. The northern limit of distribution is Hakone, incluidng Mishima. Records: near Kintaro Rock between Togendai and Ubako, Hakone, central Honshu, on August 21 2021.