Mizo ground cherry - Mizo ground cherry

Japanese: ミゾホオズキ - みぞほおずき
Mizo ground cherry - Mizo ground cherry

A perennial plant of the Scrophulariaceae family (APG classification: Scrophulariaceae). Whole plant, soft. The stem is branched and spreads, 10-30 cm long. The leaves are opposite, ovate, 1-4 cm long, 0.5-2 cm wide, and have a few serrated edges. In summer, yellow flowers bloom in the leaf axils. Both the corolla and calyx are tubular, with five projections at the end of the calyx. The fruit resembles a ground cherry, and is enclosed in a swollen, pouch-like calyx. It grows in wet, mountainous areas from Hokkaido to Kyushu, as well as the Korean Peninsula, China, Taiwan, and the Himalayas. The name means ground cherry that grows in ditches. About 100 species of the genus Mizo-Nymphaeaceae are known, mainly in North America, and some are cultivated for decorative purposes. Large-leaved ground cherry M. sessilifolius Maxim. grows in wetlands in the mountains on the Sea of ​​Japan side, has stalkless leaves, and large flowers.

[Yamazaki Takashi October 20, 2021]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ゴマノハグサ科(APG分類:ハエドクソウ科)の多年草。全草、柔らかい。茎は多く枝分れして広がり、長さ10~30センチメートル。葉は対生し、卵形で長さ1~4センチメートル、幅0.5~2センチメートル、縁(へり)に少数の鋸歯(きょし)がある。夏、葉腋(ようえき)に黄色花を開く。花冠、萼(がく)ともに筒状で、萼の先に5個の突起がある。果実はホオズキに似ており、袋状に肥大した萼に包まれる。山地の水湿地に生え、北海道から九州、および朝鮮半島、中国、台湾、ヒマラヤに分布する。名は溝に生えるホオズキの意味である。ミゾホオズキ属は北アメリカを中心に約100種知られ、一部は観賞用に栽培される。オオバミゾホオズキM. sessilifolius Maxim.は日本海側の山地の水湿地に生え葉は柄がなく、花は大きい。

[山崎 敬 2021年10月20日]

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