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裏道にセキヤノアキチョウジが咲いていました。名前のセキヤとは関屋、つまり、関所の役人のいる建物を意味し、本種が箱根の関所の近くで見つかったことに由来します。岐阜県以西に分布するアキチョウジに対し、本種は栃木県から愛知県に分布しています。


"Sekiya-No-Akichouji (セキヤノアキチョウジ)" plants are in bloom on the back road. "Sekiya (セキヤ)" in its name means the buildings where checkpoint officers in the Edo era stayed and the name comes from the fact that this species was first found near the checkpoint in Hakone. These "Sekiya-No-Akichouji" plants grow in the area between Tochigi and Aichi prefecture, while the related plants called "Akichouji (アキチョウジ)" grow in the west of Gifu prefecture.