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Mertensia asiatica(Mertensia maritima ssp. asiatica) (family: Boraginaceae)

Japanese name: Hama-benkeisou

This plant grows at sandy beach of northern Japan. Its bud is pink, and flower is light blue.Japanese name Hama-benkei(sandy_beach-benkei) is from that this plant grows at sandy beach, and its succulent leaf looks like the leaf of Benkeisou(Crassulaceae).

My observation records:

03/July/'99 Rebun-island Hokkaido full blooming