Peony flower - Peony flower

Japanese: ボタンボウフウ - ぼたんぼうふう
Peony flower - Peony flower

A perennial plant of the Umbelliferae family (APG classification: Umbelliferae). It is also called edible windbreak because the young leaves are picked and eaten. It has thick roots. The stems are 0.6 to 1 meter tall. The leaves are compound, twice trifoliate, thick, greenish-white with a bluish tint, and, as the name suggests, resemble the leaves of peonies (Peonyaceae) (for leaf morphology, see the "compound leaves" section). From July to September, it produces umbels and blooms white flowers. The fruits are hairy, elliptical, about 5 mm long, and have narrow wings. It grows on sandy coasts and is distributed from Honshu west of Chiba and Ishikawa prefectures to Okinawa, as well as the Korean Peninsula, China, Taiwan, and the Philippines. It is a species of the Umbelliferae genus, which has 120 species worldwide and three species in Japan.

[Yuichi Kadota December 14, 2021]

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

セリ科(APG分類:セリ科)の多年草。若葉を摘んで食べるので、ショクヨウボウフウ(食用防風)ともいう。根は太い。茎は高さ0.6~1メートル。葉は2回3出複葉で、質は厚く、青みを帯びた緑白色で、名のとおり、ボタン(ボタン科)の葉に似ている(葉の形態については「複葉」の項を参照)。7~9月、散形花序をつくり、白色花を開く。果実は毛があり、楕円(だえん)形で長さ約5ミリメートル、狭い翼がある。海岸の砂地に生え、千葉県、石川県以西の本州から沖縄、および朝鮮半島、中国、台湾、フィリピンに分布する。世界に120種、日本に3種分布するハクサンボウフウ属の1種である。

[門田裕一 2021年12月14日]

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