Pseudopyxis

Japanese: Pseudopyxis
Pseudopyxis

...A soft perennial plant of the Rubiaceae family that grows in the shade of trees in mountainous areas (illustration). The name is said to come from a florist in Nagoya who named the plant Inamorisou after the plant, which grows abundantly on Inamoriyama in Ise Komono during the Edo period. A thin underground stem crawls underground, and the aboveground stem is 1.5-10 cm tall. The leaves are ovate, with 1-3 pairs, and sometimes gather at the end of the stem to look like a whorl of four. The flowers are pentamerous, located in the leaf axils or at the end of the stem, and bloom in May-June. The corolla is tubular funnel-shaped, 2-2.5 cm long, and beautifully pale purple. ...

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Japanese:

…山地の木陰に生えるアカネ科の軟らかい多年草(イラスト)。名前は,江戸時代に名古屋の花屋が伊勢菰野(こもの)の稲森山に多産するこの植物をとり,イナモリソウと名付けたことによるという。細い地下茎が地中をはい,地上茎は高さ1.5~10cm。葉は卵形で1~3対あり,茎の先に集まって4枚が輪生しているようにみえることもある。花は葉腋(ようえき)または茎の先につき5数性,5~6月に咲く。花冠は筒状漏斗形で長さ2~2.5cm,淡紫色で美しい。…

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