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| March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
| Family | Ericaceae |
| Scientific name | Andromeda polifolia L. |
| Synonyms | Andromeda polifolia L. forma concolor (B. Biovin) B. Biovin; Andromeda polifolia L. var. concolor B. Biovin |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) hime shakunage [dwarf shakunage (shakunage = Rhododendron degronianum Carrière)] |
| (English common name) bog rosemary, marsh holy-rose, marsh holywort | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Northern Europe, Canada, USA | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=48 |
| Description | Plants creeping or electing 10-30cm tall. Leaves 2-4cm long. Flowers pink or white corollas ca. 6mm long, flowering in June to July. Evergreen. Shrub. |
| Reference | Andromeda polifolia L. |
| Andromeda polifolia L. | |
| Andromeda polifolia | |
| Clavaria fungus (US Patent 7074609/2006) | |
| Pesticidal compositions containing rosemary oil and wintergreen oil (US Patent 20030194454) | |
| Note | I watched a cultivated plant at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden in mid March of 2008 and took some photos below. I suppose that the plant might be cultivated in a green house of the botanical garden. |
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| March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
