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ヤマホトトギスが咲いています。和名のホトトギスは、花弁の模様が、鳥のホトトギスの胸のもように似ていることに由来するようです。ホトトギスやヤマジノホトトギスなど、花が似ている近縁種がありますが、ヤマジノホトトギスの花は他の近縁種に比べて花弁が強く反り返るという特徴があります。


"Yama-Hototogisu (ヤマホトトギス)" plants are in bloom. A part of their name "Hototogisu (ホトトギス)" comes from the fact that their patterns on the petals are similar to those on the chest of a bird called "Hototogisu (ホトトギス)". "Yama-Hototogisu (ヤマホトトギス)" plants have a characteristic that their petals strongly bend backward more than other relative species like the "Hototogisu (ホトトギス)" plants and the "Yamajino-Hototogisu (ヤマジノホトトギス)" plants, which bloom similar flowers as those of "Yama-Hototogisu (ヤマホトトギス)".