Forget-me-not - Forget-me-not

Japanese: ワスレナグサ(勿忘草) - ワスレナグサ

It is a perennial plant of the family Violaceae native to Europe and Asia, but is treated as an autumn-sown annual. The stems grow to about 40cm in height, and in May and June, small flowers with five lobes at the end of the corolla bloom in a cluster. The flowers are pale pink at first, then cobalt. It is propagated by seed. The closely related Violet is widely distributed in Europe, North Africa, and Asia, and in Japan it grows in the deep mountains of Hokkaido and central Honshu. The base of the stem crawls along the ground, grows to a height of 12-40cm, and the flowers are purple. It is cultivated for flower beds and for cut flowers, and horticultural varieties also have white and pink flowers.

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Japanese:

ヨーロッパ，アジア原産のムラサキ科の多年草であるが，秋まき一年草として扱う。茎は高さ40cm内外，５〜６月，花冠の先が５裂した小花を総状に開く。花は初め淡紅色，のちコバルト色となる。繁殖は実生(みしょう)による。近縁のエゾムラサキはヨーロッパ，北アフリカ，アジアに広く分布し，日本でも北海道，本州中部の深山にはえる。茎の基部は地をはい，高さ12〜40cm，花はるり色となる。花壇用，切花用として栽培されており，園芸品種には白や桃色の花もある。

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