フィールド日記
2020.12.11
ハキダメギク
校庭の隅でハキダメギクが咲いています。名前のハキダメとは掃き溜めのことで、ゴミ捨て場を意味します。実際にそういった場所によく見られたことが由来といわれていますが、ちょっとかわいそうな名前です。
花はキク科らしい頭状花で、中央の黄色い筒状花とそれを囲む5個の白い舌状花からなります。
"Hakidamegiku (ハキダメギク)" plants are in bloom in the corner of our school ground. "Hakidame (ハキダメ)", which is written "掃き溜め" in Japanese, means "garbage dump". It is said they were named as such because they actually grow in such kind of places, very poor flowers!
"Hakidamegiku (ハキダメギク)" plants have flower heads as they are in the same group as chrysanthemums. There are yellow tubular flowers in the center surrounded by five white tongue-shaped flowers.
