Family | Caprifoliaceae |
Scientific name | Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zuccarini var. sanguinea Makino |
Synonyms | (Synonyms of Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zuccarini var. sanguinea Makino) Abelia curviflora Nakai; Abelia sanguinea (Makino) Makino (Synonyms of Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zuccarini) Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zuccarini forma duplex H. Ohba; Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zuccarini forma flavescens Honda; Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zuccarini forma lucida Makino; Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zuccarini var. elliptica Miquel; Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zuccarini var. micrantha Nakai; Linnaea spathulata (Siebold & Zuccarini) Graebner; Linnaea spathulata (Siebold & Zuccarini) Graebner var. elliptica (Miquel) Matsumura |
Common name | (Japanese common name) benibana-no-tsukubane-utsugi [red flower tsukubane utsugi (tsukubane = Japanese traditional toy ball which has some shuttlecocks, utsugi = a tree which has empty body] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Central region) |
(Other nations) none | |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 1.5-2m. Leaves 2-5cm length. Flowers red corollas 2-2.7cm, flowering in May. Deciduous. Shrub. |
Reference | Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zucc. |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |