Small-flowered heterotropa (English spelling)

Japanese: small-flowered heterotropa（英語表記）smallfloweredheterotropa

...The flowers bloom from winter to spring, are about 2 cm long, and slightly constricted at the rim of the tube. H. parviflora Hook. (English name: small-flowered heterotropa), introduced to Europe in the 19th century, is a horticultural variety that resembles Miyakoaoi but has a slightly different flower shape, so is considered a different species. H. crassa F.Maek. has thick, dark green, broadly triangular leaves that are over 10 cm long, and is found in the Tokara Islands and Uji Islands in southern Kyushu. ...

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Japanese:

…花は冬から春に咲き，長さ2cmほどで，筒部口縁部で少しくびれる。ヨーロッパに19世紀に導入されたコバナカンアオイH.parviflora Hook.(英名small‐flowered heterotropa)は，園芸品でミヤコアオイに似て花形が少し異なるので，別種とされている。ナンゴクアオイH.crassa F.Maek.は葉が厚く，深緑色で広三角形，長さ10cmをこえるが，九州南部の吐噶喇（とから）列島や宇治群島に産する。…

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