フィールド日記

ウシハコベが咲いています。ナデシコ科の越年草または多年草で、道端などに生えますが、やや湿った環境を好むようです。和名はハコベに比べて、大型であることから「牛」をつけたものと考えられます。

"Ushi-Hakobe (ウシハコベ)" plants are in bloom. They are the biennial or perennial plants of the Caryophyllaceae family that grow on roadsides and prefer to grow in relatively wet places. "Ushi-Hakobe (ウシハコベ)" are larger than a relative species called "Hakobe (ハコベ)," so it seems that people added "Ushi(cow)" to their name later.