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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) > Verbenaceae (クマツヅラ科) > Duranta erecta
Duranta L. (タイワンレンギョウ)Taiwanrenghou (タイワンレンギョウ, 台湾連翹), sky flower, or golden dew dropLifeform: evergreen shrub up to 6 m tall Distribution: native to Mexico and the tropical South America → invasive to Australia, China, South Africa, etc. Habitat: disturbed sitesFlower: violet, white, etc. |
Fruit: globose yellow or orange berry (→ animal dispersal) Use: gardening Synonyms: Duranta repens L. Cultivars: alba, aurea, geisha girl, lime, Takarazuka, variegata, etc. |
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[1-3] adjacent to Kanda River, Tokyo, on December 17 2016.