Turmeric isomatsu - Turmeric isomatsu

Japanese: ウコンイソマツ - うこんいそまつ
Turmeric isomatsu - Turmeric isomatsu

A shrub-like perennial plant of the Plumageceae family (APG classification: Plumageceae). The stems are curved, stiff, black, and 10-30 cm tall. The leaves grow in clusters at the ends of the stems, are spatula-shaped, 1.5-6.5 cm long, 2-10 mm wide, and the base of the petiole spreads out to embrace the stem. The flower stalk is erect, and the flowers on the stalk are about 4 mm long, yellow, facing one way, and endemic to Amami and Okinawa, where they grow on limestone on the coast. A variety is Pinus isoensis.

[Keiichi Shimabukuro February 17, 2021]

[Reference item] | Isomatsu

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イソマツ科(APG分類:イソマツ科)の低木状多年草。茎は屈曲して硬く黒色、高さ10~30センチメートル。葉は茎端に束生しへら形、長さ1.5~6.5センチメートル、幅2~10ミリメートル、葉柄基部は広がって茎を抱く。花茎は直立し、花柄上の花は長さ約4ミリメートル、一方を向き黄色。奄美(あまみ)、沖縄固有の植物で、海岸の石灰岩上に生育する。変種にイソマツがある。

[島袋敬一 2021年2月17日]

[参照項目] | イソマツ

出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例

<<:  Turmeric Deutzia - Turmeric Deutzia

>>:  Turmeric

Recommend

Choreography

...A person who does this professionally is calle...

Catholicism - Tenshukyo

The name of the Roman Catholic Church in China. Th...

Python

A monster in Greek mythology. A dragon born to the...

Smoking - Kisso

…This book was written by Eisai, who introduced t...

Percentage of a Thousand

A value that expresses the percentage of a whole a...

Uruk period

This cultural period follows the Ubaid period in M...

Kinki

Nutrition and Function The market name is Kinki, ...

Sanyutei Kinba - Sanyutei Kinba

Rakugo performer. (1) The first (1857-1923, ∥ Anse...

Russula virescens (English spelling) Russulavirescens

…[Rokuya Imaseki]. . … *Some of the terminology t...

Yellow lupin - Yellow lupin

...They generally contain poisonous alkaloids, bu...

Persimmon orchid - Epipactis thunbergii

A rather large perennial plant of the orchid famil...

Cape Motata

A cape jutting out into the Sea of ​​Japan on the...

Achilles Painter - Achilles Painter

Ancient Greek potter. Active in Athens from 470 to...

Ikuno Prefecture

…In 1868 (Meiji 1), the Hyogo Court (which would ...

Cir

…Its abbreviation is Cir. It is a small constella...