Tsugazakra

Phyllodoce nipponica

  • Tsugazakra
  • Tsugazakra
  • Flower name
    Tsugazakra
  • Scientific name
    Phyllodoce nipponica
  • Alias
  • Place of originJapan
  • Place of floweringHokkaido
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August

What is Tsugazakra

Tsugazakra scientific name:Phyllodoce nipponica, which is endemic to Japan is an evergreen creeping small shrub of the genus Phyllodoce of the Ericaceae department. Honshu-the native to Rocky high mountain in Shikoku. In Summer, from branches stretching umbels, with pale pink tips 5 the lobed campanulate flower stems in the landscape several.


  • Order
    Ericales
  • Family
    Ericaceae
  • Genus
    Phyllodoce
  • Species
    P.nipponica
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Scattered inflorescence/ umbrella shape
  • Petal shape
    Bell-shaped
  • Leaf type
    Linear
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeEvergreen undershrub
  • Flower colorsPink
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height10.0 ~ 20.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.8 ~ 1.2 cm

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