Aquilegia

Japanese: Aquilegia
Aquilegia

...A perennial plant of the Ranunculaceae family that has long been planted in gardens in Japan (illustration). The name Aquilegia comes from the fact that the shape of its flowers resembles a spool of thread. The English name of the Aquilegia genus, columbine, means pigeon, and the flower's shape is likely a reference to a pigeon flying. The rhizome branches upright and produces clumps of basal leaves. The basal leaves overwinter and are bifoliate compound leaves with shallow lobes but no sawtooth. The underside is white. ...

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Japanese:

…日本で古くから庭に植えられるキンポウゲ科の多年草(イラスト)。オダマキの名は,その花容が苧環(おだまき),すなわち紡ぎ糸を巻く糸巻きの形に似るところから名付けられた。オダマキ属Aquilegiaの英名columbineはハト(鳩)の意で,その花容をハトが飛ぶ姿に見立てたものであろう。根茎は直立分岐し,根生葉を叢生(そうせい)する。根生葉は越冬し,2回3出複葉,小葉身は浅裂するが鋸歯はない。裏面は白色を帯びる。…

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