mountain heath

...From the northern Tohoku region to Hokkaido, there is a variety called Nagabatsugazakura, which has long, thin leaves. The genus Phyllodoce (mountain heath) is distributed in the cold zone and high mountains of the Northern Hemisphere, and eight species are known, three of which are found in Japan. Aonotsugazakura P. aleutica (Spreng.) A.Heller grows in humid grasslands and rocky areas in high mountains, and has yellow-green, urn-shaped flowers. It is distributed from central Honshu northward, through Hokkaido to Kamchatka and Alaska. ...

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…東北地方北部から北海道には，葉が細長い変種ナガバツガザクラがある。　ツガザクラ属Phyllodoce(英名mountain heath)は北半球の寒帯や高山に分布し8種知られ，日本には3種ある。アオノツガザクラP.aleutica (Spreng.) A.Hellerは高山の湿気の多い草地や岩場に生え，花はつぼ形で黄緑色，本州中部以北，北海道からカムチャツカ，アラスカに分布する。…

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