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Japanese Garden Plants This is where to find details on plants. We don't have a lot of images, but we'll be providing articles and details as we are able. If you have materials to contribute or gaps to fill in, please let us know. Japanese Name English Name Latin Name Native Habitat 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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