Asarum caulescens (English name)

Japanese: フタバアオイ(双葉葵) - フタバアオイ(英語表記)Asarum caulescens
Asarum caulescens (English name)
A perennial plant of the Aristolochiaceae family. It is found in Honshu south of Fukushima Prefecture, growing in the shade of trees in the mountains. The stems creep above ground and take root at the nodes. The leaves are annual, growing in pairs at the end of the stem, with long petioles. The leaf blades are heart-shaped and thin, with long soft hairs on both sides. In spring, a single pale pink-purple flower with a stalk grows horizontally between the leaves. The perianth is tubular but not fused, and has a fissure down to the base. The upper half is recurved and split into three lobes. It is used in the rituals of Kamo-Mioya Shrine and Kamo-Wakeikazuchi Shrine in Kyoto (→Aoi Matsuri), and it is also the Aoi crest of the Tokugawa family.

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Japanese:
ウマノスズクサ科の多年草。本州の福島県以南に分布し,山中の木陰に生える。茎は地上をはって節から根を出し,葉は一年生で茎の先に 2枚互生してつき,長い葉柄がある。葉身はハート形で質が薄く両面に長い軟毛がある。春に,葉間に柄のある淡紅紫色の花を 1個横向きにつける。花被は筒状となるが合着はせず,基部まで裂け目が入っている。上半分は 3裂して反曲する。京都の賀茂御祖神社,賀茂別雷神社の祭事に用いられ(→葵祭),また徳川家の葵紋もこれである。

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