Myosotis

Japanese: Myosotis
Myosotis

…An annual or biennial plant of the family Violaceae that blooms in early summer with azure flowers (illustration). It is cultivated for its ornamental value. It grows upright, 15 cm tall, with many small branches. The leaves are oblong and alternate, with peduncles in each axil at the top of the stem, and the yellow-centered sympetalous flowers, similar to plum blossoms, are arranged in a snail-shaped inflorescence. The buds are pink, but when they bloom, they turn cobalt. Native to Europe, the horticultural varieties are either improved or hybridized from this M. scorpioides L. or M. sylvatica Hoffm., native to northern Asia and Europe, and the flowers can be pink or white. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Myosotis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…初夏に紺碧色の花を咲かせるムラサキ科の一・二年草(イラスト)。観賞用に栽培される。高さ15cm,多数の小枝を分けて直立する。葉は長楕円形で互生し,茎頂の各葉腋(ようえき)に花梗を出して,ウメの花に似た中心黄色の合弁花をかたつむり状花序につづる。つぼみは桃色であるが,開花するとコバルト色になる。ヨーロッパ原産で,園芸品種はこのM.scorpioides L.や,アジア北部からヨーロッパに原産するエゾムラサキM.sylvatica Hoffm.から改良されたり,あるいは交雑育成されたもので,花色は桃色や白色もある。…

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