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Japanese Garden Plants
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This is where to find details on plants. We don't have
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Japanese Name | English Name | Latin Name | Native Habitat |
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asagao | Morning Glory | Pharbitis sp. | | ayame, hana-shoubu, ichihatsu, shaga, kakitsubata | Iris, Flag | Iris sp. | marsh or pond/lake shore; meadow; forest | ebine | Calanthe | Calanthe discolor | in a village, along a stream valley | gogyo | Cudweed | Gnaphalium multiceps | | hakobe | Chickweed | Stellaria media | | higan-bana | Spider Lily / Equinox Flower | Lycoris radiata | | hotokenoza | Henbit, Deadnettle | Lamium amplexicaule | | huki | | Petasites japonicus | | Janohige, Ryunohige, Tamaryu | Lilyturf, Mondo Grass, Japanese Snake's Beard, Monkey Grass | Ophiopogon japonicus Ker-Gawl | | kuzu | Kuzu Vine | Pueraria thunbergiana | | murasaki | Gromwell | Lithospermum erythrorhyzon | marsh or pond/lake shore | nadeshiko | Fringed Pink | Dianthus superbus longicalycinus | | nazuna | Shepherd's Purse | Capsella bursa-pastoris | | obana, susuki | Japanese Pampas Grass | Miscanthus sinensis | | ominaeshi, fujibakama | | Eupatorium stoechadosmum | | sekisho | Sweet Flag | Acorus gramineus | marsh; lake/pond shore | seri | Water Parsley | Oenanthe stolonifera | | shakuyaku | Herbaceous Peony | Paeonia lactiflora | mountainous SW and NW China | shion | Aster/Michaelmas daisy | Aster tartaricus | village | shiragiku | white chrysanthemum | Chrysanthemum morifolium | village | suzuna, kabu | White Turnip | Brassica campestrus sp. Rapa | | suzushiro, daikon | Japanese White Radish | Raphanus sativus var. hortensis | | wasabi | Japanese Horseradish | Wasabia japonica | in a village by a stream valley or hills and fields | yabu-koji (yabu-kôji); yama-tachibana | Japanese Ardisia | Ardisia japonica | Native to Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China |
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