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| May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Caprifoliaceae |
| Scientific name | Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zuccarini |
| Synonyms | 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) tsukubane-utsugi [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 (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) China? | |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Plants 1.5-2m. Leaves 2-5cm length. Flowers white or pale yellow corollas 2-2.7cm, flowering in May. Deciduous. Shrub. |
| Reference | Abelia spathulata Siebold & Zucc. |
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| May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
