Family | Caprifoliaceae |
Scientific name | Abelia serrata Siebold et Zuccarini var. buchwaldii (Graebner) Nakai |
Synonyms | Abelia buchwaldii (Graebner) Rehder; Abelia serrata Siebold et Zuccarini forma buckwaldii Sugimoto; Abelia serrata Siebold et Zuccarini forma colorata Hiyama; Linnaea buchwaldii Graebner |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kibana-no-tsukubane-utsugi [yellow flowers tsukubane utsugi (tsukubane = Japanese traditional toy ball which has some shuttlecocks, utsugi = a tree which has empty body, tsukubane utsugi = Abelia spathulata Siebold et Zuccarini)] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Central region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) none | |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 1-2m. Leaves 3-6.5cm length. Flowers yellow corollas 1.5-2cm, flowering in May to June. Deciduous. Shrub. |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |