...A perennial plant of the Hypericaceae family that grows in grasslands in the mountains and fields (illustration). The stem is erect and 20-60 cm tall. The leaves are opposite, egg-shaped, oblong, 2-5 cm long, stalkless, and have small black dots scattered throughout when viewed from the underside. The flowers bloom in cymes at the ends of the branches in July and August, with five yellow petals 8-10 mm long. It is distributed throughout Japan, the Korean peninsula, and Sakhalin. The entire plant contains a lot of tannins and hypericin, an anthraquinone pigment that strongly absorbs ultraviolet light and is a black-purple pigment. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Hypericum" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…山野の草地に生えるオトギリソウ科の多年草(イラスト)。茎は直立して高さ20~60cm。葉は対生し,卵状の長楕円形で長さ2~5cm,葉柄がなく,下面から透かすと黒色の小さい点が散在する。花は7~8月ころ,枝先に集散花序を作って開き,花弁は5枚で黄色,長さ8~10mm。日本全土,朝鮮半島,サハリンに分布する。全草にタンニンを多く含み,また紫外線を強く吸収するアントラキノン系の黒紫色色素ヒペリシンをもっている。… ※「Hypericum」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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