Clover - Clover

Japanese: チョウジソウ - ちょうじそう

A perennial plant of the Apocynaceae family (APG classification: Apocynaceae). The stem is upright and 40-80 cm tall. The leaves are lanceolate and usually alternate, but some grow opposite each other. In early summer, a dozen or so bluish-purple flowers grow in a cymes at the top of the stem. The flowers are high-pitched, thin tubes with five lobes at the end, about 1.3 cm in diameter. The fruits are cylindrical capsules, often divided into two horn-shaped lobes, about 5 cm long. They grow in slightly moist grasslands in Hokkaido, Honshu, and Kyushu, and are distributed in the Korean Peninsula and China. The name comes from the resemblance of the flower shape to the fragrant clove plant.

[Yamazaki Takashi June 21, 2021]

Clover
The stems are upright and the leaves are lanceolate. In early summer, a dozen or so bluish-purple flowers bloom in clusters at the top of the stem. The flowers are high-pitched and have five lobes at the end of a thin tube. ©Shogakukan Photo by Masatoshi Hirose ">

Clover

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Japanese:

キョウチクトウ科（APG分類：キョウチクトウ科）の多年草。茎は直立し、高さ40～80センチメートル。葉は披針(ひしん)形で普通は互生するが、対生するものもある。初夏、茎頂に十数個の青紫色花を集散状につける。花は高坏(たかつき)状で細い筒の先が5裂し、径約1.3センチメートル。果実は円柱状の袋果(たいか)で多くは角(つの)状に2本に分かれ、長さ約5センチメートル。北海道、本州、九州のやや湿った草地に生え、朝鮮半島、中国に分布する。名は、花形が香料植物のチョウジに似ることによる。

［山崎　敬　2021年6月21日］

チョウジソウ

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