フィールド日記
2023.08.15
ヤブミョウガ
ヤブミョウガが咲いています。和名は葉がミョウガに似ていて、藪に生えることに由来します。花も同じ時期に咲きますが、ヤブミョウガはツユクサ科、ミョウガはショウガ科に属しており、違う仲間の植物です。
"Yabu-Myouga (ヤブミョウガ)" plants are in bloom. The name comes from the fact that their leaves look like the leaves of "Myouga (ミョウガ)" plants and that they grow in bushes, which is called "Yabu" in Japanese. However, "Yabu-Myouga" plants and "Myouga" plants belong to the "Tsuyukusa (ツユクサ)" family and the "Shouga (ショウガ)" family respectively, so they are far diffrent plants.
