Menziesia multiflora var. longicalyx




Family Ericaceae
Scientific name Menziesia multiflora Maximovicz var. longicalyx Kitamura
Synonyms Menziesia ciliicalyx Maximovicz var. multiflora (Maximovicz) Makino; Menziesia multiflora Maximovicz var. purpurea (Makino) Ohwi; Menziesia multiflora Maximovicz var. tsuchiyae Hiyama; Menziesia multiflora Maximovicz var. tsuchiyae Hiyama forma glabrifolia Sugimoto
Common name (Japanese common name) gaku urajiro-youraku [youraku like folower with bacside white leaves and long sepals (youraku = an ornamental goods of Buddha)]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido (Aomori Prefecture, Akita Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture)
(Other nations) none
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants 1m. Flowers pink or pale purple corollas ca. 1.5cm, flowering in May to June. Deciduous. Shrub.
Reference Menziesia ciliicalyx Maxim. var. multiflora (Maxim.) Makino
Note Some authors may describe that Menziesia multiflora Maximovicz var. longicalyx Kitamura is a synonym of Menziesia multiflora Maximovicz.



May 2006
at Yukiguni Botanical Garden
May 2006
at Yukiguni Botanical Garden