Aoi (Aoi) - Aoi

Japanese: アオイ(葵) - アオイ
Aoi (Aoi) - Aoi
It is a general name for the genus Malva , the genus Hibiscus , and related genera in the Malvaceae family, but it can also simply refer to mallow or winter mallow. Mallow M. sylvestris is a biennial plant that was introduced from China long ago and is often planted in farm gardens. It grows to a height of 60-90 cm, and its leaves are alternate and circular with 5-9 shallow incisions and shallow sawtooth edges. In May and June, it produces several flowers about 2 cm in diameter in the leaf axils. Under the flower are three bracts and a green calyx divided into five. It has five pale purple petals with prominent purple streaks. The stamens gather together to form a long hollow cylinder through which the slender pistil style passes. The name mallow is said to come from the meaning of looking up to the sun.

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Japanese:
アオイ科のアオイ属 Malvaやフヨウ属 Hibiscusおよびその近縁の属などを総称する名であるが,また単にゼニアオイやフユアオイをさすこともある。ゼニアオイ M. sylvestrisは古く中国から渡来した越年草で,農家の庭などによく植えられる。草丈 60~90cm,葉は長い葉柄があって互生し,円形で5~9の浅い切れ込みをもち,縁には浅い鋸歯がある。5~6月頃,葉腋に直径 2cmぐらいの花を数個つける。花の下には3個の小包葉と5つに分れた緑色の萼がある。花弁は5枚,淡紫色で紫色の筋が目立つ。おしべは集って長い中空の円筒をつくり,その中を細長いめしべの花柱が通る。アオイというのは日を仰ぐという意味に由来するという。

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