Stellaria aquatica

Japanese: ウシハコベ（英語表記）Stellaria aquatica

A perennial plant of the Caryophyllaceae family found throughout Japan. It is also commonly grown as a weed around urban areas. It resembles chickweed overall, but is large, with stems reaching 40-50cm in height. The stem branches well, but ends in a flower at the tip, and because side branches appear in the axils of the opposite leaves at the base, it appears to be bifurcated. The leaves are sessile, clasping the stem at the base, triangular-ovate, 3-4cm long, entire, and more than twice as large as chickweed. The flowers are white, five-petaled, and appear singly at the tips of the branches, drooping after flowering to become capsules.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:

ナデシコ科の多年草で，日本全国いたるところにみられる。都会地周辺の雑草としても普通である。全体はハコベに似ているが大型で，茎は高さ 40～50cmに達する。茎はよく分枝するが先端が花となって終るため，そのつけ根の対生する葉の葉腋ごとに側枝を生じるので，一見，二叉分枝状に枝分れを重ねる。葉は無柄で基部は茎を抱き，長さ3～4cmの三角状卵形，全縁でハコベに比べて2倍以上も大きい。花は枝の先端に1個ずつ生じ5弁の白花で花後は下垂し，蒴果となる。

出典　ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典について　情報

<<: Uji Bridge

>>: Uji School - Ujiha