Little owl - Little owl

Japanese: ヒメウズ - ひめうず

A perennial herb of the Ranunculaceae family (illustration) that grows along roadsides, on the ridges of fields, on the edges of bamboo groves, and between stone walls. The basal leaves and stems grow in clusters from the top of an oblong tuber. The basal leaves are trifoliate and compound with long petioles. The leaflets are deeply lobed into three, the lobes are further lobed into three shallow lobes, the tips of the lobes are rounded, and the undersides of the leaves are whitish. The base of the petiole spreads out like a sheath and embraces the stem. The stem is 10-30 cm tall, branches at the top, and has sparse soft hairs along with the petioles. The stem leaves are similar to the basal ones, but are smaller, more easily divided, and have short petioles.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

路傍や田畑のあぜ，竹やぶの縁，石垣の間などに生えるキンポウゲ科の多年草（イラスト）。長楕円形の塊茎の上部より根生葉と茎を叢生（そうせい）する。根生葉は1回3出複葉で，長い葉柄がある。小葉は3深裂，裂片はさらに3浅裂し，裂片の先は円く，葉の裏は白みをおびる。葉柄の基部は鞘（さや）状に広がって茎を抱く。茎は高さ10～30cm，上部で分枝し，葉柄とともにまばらに軟毛がある。茎葉は根生に似るが小さく，分裂は簡単になり，葉柄は短い。

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