Nandina bush clover (Vicia unijuga)

Japanese: ナンテンハギ(南天萩) - ナンテンハギ（英語表記）Vicia unijuga

A perennial plant of the legume family. It is also known as Diptera gracilis and Taniwatashi. It commonly grows in grasslands and fields at the foot of mountains throughout Japan. The plant is 30-60 cm tall, with upright or oblique stems and thin but clearly ridged leaves. The leaves are alternate and consist of pairs of oblong or lanceolate leaflets, without tendrils. The kidney-shaped, pointed stipules stand out on both sides of the base of the petiole. From summer to autumn, the plant grows racemes 2-4 cm long in the leaf axils, producing many beautiful crimson-purple, butterfly-shaped flowers about 12 mm long. Young leaves are boiled and eaten. They were named after the leaflets of the Nandina tree, which look similar to them.

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Japanese:

マメ科の多年草。フタバハギ，タニワタシの別名もある。日本各地の山麓の草地や原野に普通に生える。草丈は 30～60cm，茎は直立または斜めに立ち，細いが明らかな稜がある。葉は互生し，2枚1対の長楕円形または披針形の小葉から成り，巻きひげはない。葉柄基部の両側に腎臓形で先のとがった托葉が目立つ。夏から秋にかけて，葉腋に長さ2～4cmの総状花序を伸ばし，長さ 12mmほどの美しい紅紫色の蝶形花を多数つける。若葉をゆでて食べる。ナンテンの小葉に似た感じがあるところからこの名がある。

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