Delphinium

Japanese: Delphinium
Delphinium

...A fall-sown annual plant of the Ranunculaceae family, grown for cut flowers and in flower beds (illustration). It is also called Chidori-sou (plover grass) or Hiensou (flying swallow grass) due to the shape of the flower. The stem is 80-100cm tall, stands upright, and splits into small branches at the top, producing many flowers in a cluster in May. The leaves grow on the roots from autumn to winter when the plant is still in seedling form, but when the stem stands upright in spring, the leaves grow alternately on the stem, palmately lobating into three, and then pinnately lobating two or three times. The flowers have five petal-like calyxes, colored red, purple, pink, white, etc., and are of various sizes, with the largest piece at the base having a spur. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Delphinium" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…切花用として,また花壇に栽培されるキンポウゲ科の秋まき一年草(イラスト)。花の形からチドリソウ(千鳥草)とも,ヒエンソウ(飛燕草)とも呼ばれる。茎は高さ80~100cm,直立し,上部で小枝を分け,5月に総状にたくさんの花をつける。葉は秋から冬の苗のうちは根生しているが,春に茎が直立すると,掌状に3裂し,さらに2~3回羽状に細裂した葉を茎に互生する。花は赤,紫,ピンク,白などに彩られた5枚の萼が花弁のように見え,大小不同で,基部の最も大きな1片に距がある。…

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