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Japanese Garden Plants
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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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