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St. Luke Street's Kinshibai and Byouwillow willow

[Dimini ☆ Cricket] June 8, 2017 12:00

This year, yellow flowers are blooming along St. Luke's International University and St. Luke's International Hospital side in Akashicho, along St. Luke's International University and St. Luke's International Hospital side.

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I introduced in a blog last June about the fact that Kinshibai and Willow, which bloom the same yellow flowers at the same time, are planted together here (the blog is attached to the end of this blog).

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At a glance, it looks like the same flower, but if you approach and look closely, you can feel a little discovery feeling that this is completely different.

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Kinshibai is a member of the family Rosaceae, and Byou willow is also the same.

It seems that the shape of the 5-valve rounded flowers resembles a plum, and there are many stamens, and it looks like a bundle of gold thread, so it is called "Kinito plum".

I came from China about 200 years ago.

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The willow willow is also a tree that came from China about 300 years ago, and its branches are slightly hanging down, and its leaves are similar to willow, so it is called willow willow.

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The way to distinguish it from Kinshibai is that the stamen of the willow willow is long and popping out of the petals, while the stamen of Kinshibai is contained in the petals.

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Biyo willow (Mioyanagi) is a name given in Japan, and it is said that it is derived from Bai Juyi's poem "Nagato Uta".

There is a passage in which Emperor Xuan Zong wrote the willow of Mio Palace like Yang Gui's eyebrows, and a tree with beautiful flowers and leaves similar to willows are called "Mioyanagi" in comparison to this story. It is said that it came to be. It is sometimes referred to as "beauty willow".

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In the rainy season, the season of dizziness continues, but the yellow flowers and yellow willows, which bloom yellow flowers all at once, brighten the surrounding atmosphere.

Click here for the peak of June 2015 (St. Luke Street) with golden horsetail and yellow willows in June 2015 ⇒

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