Family | Ericaceae |
Scientific name | Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michaux subsp. japonicum (Miquel) Vander Kloet |
Synonyms | Hugeria incisa F. Maekawa; Hugeria japonica (Miquel) Nakai; Oxycoccoides japonicus (Miquel) Nakai; Oxycoccus japonicus (Miquel) Makino; Vaccinium japonicum Miquel; Vaccinium japonicum Miquel forma incisa (F. Maekawa) H. Hara; Vaccinium japonicum Miquel var. fauriei Sleumer; Vaccinium japonicum Miquel var. incisum (F. Maekawa) Sleumer |
Common name | (Japanese common name) akushiba [lye bush] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 30-80cm. Leaves 2-6cm length. Flowers pink corollas 7-10mm, flowering in June to July. Deciduous. Shrub. |
Reference | Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx. subsp. japonicum (Miq.) Vander Kloet |
Vaccinium japonicum Miquel |
June 2006 at mountane forest edge in Niigata Prefecture |
June 2006 at mountane forest edge in Niigata Prefecture |