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Vaccinium japonicum is
a deciduous shrub, 30-100cm in height, inhabiting forest edges in
hilly districts; branches are green when young and, as age
increases, become black-brown. Leaves are opposite, blades measuring
2-6cm in length, 1-3cm in width, ovate or broad lanceolate, tips
orbicular or shallow heart-shaped. Leaf margins have fine serrations
on tips of which there exist glands. Also, there are attractive
networks of veinlets on surfaces. Single light red flowers hang down
from leaf axils. Corollas deeply cleft into four, and the lobes
curve backward and become round in a spiral way. Bloom time:
June-July. |
Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物
