01 July 2007.
Honshu, Japan
Locality: Niigata Prefecture: Yuzawa-machi: Mt Tairappyo, Mikuni, Yuzawa. [Originally listed as: Mt Matsude, Hiuchi, Yuzawa Town; locality name updated based on GPS coordinates.]
Coordinates: 36.8128, 138.7973
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Elevation: 1170m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: In deep shade on moist medium loam on a steep northwest-facing mountainside of dense broadleaf woodland.
Associated species: Fagus crenata; Betula grossa; Aesculus turbinata.
Comment: Deciduous suckering shrub to 1 m with widely elliptic leaves to 14 cm by 9 cm, mid-green both above and below, margin serrate, green/brown ovoid capsule to 0.5 cm by 0.25 cm. Common.
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