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| May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Rosaceae |
| Scientific name | Spiraea japonica L. f. |
| Synonyms | Spiraea albiflora (Miquel) Zabel; Spiraea bumalda Burvenich; Spiraea japonica L. f. var. alpina Maximovicz |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) shimotsuke [Shimotsuke (Shimotsuke = an old name of Tochigi Prefecture)] |
| (English common name) Japanese meadowsweet, Japanese spiraea | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
| Description | Plants 0.2-1m. Leaves 1-8cm. Flowers red, pink or white (or merely mixed) 3-6mm, flowering in May to August. Deciduous. Shrub. |
| Reference | Spiraea japonica Linnaeus f. |
| Spiraea japonica L. f. | |
| Steam generator (US Patent 7074234/2006) | |
| Note | In general, Spiraea bumalda (Spiraea x bumalda) might be described as a hybrid of Spiraea japonica L. f. and Spiraea albiflora (Miquel) Zabel. However Spiraea bumalda (Spiraea x bumalda) is a synonym of Spiraea japonica, because Spiraea albiflora is a synonym of Spiraea japonica. |
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| May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
December 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
