2023 Autumn Seven Herbs "golden lace"
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Even in September, the lingering summer heat continues, but at Hanagien Garden in Hamarikyu Gardens, golden lace (golden lace), one of the seven herbs in autumn, adds color to its bright and bright yellow color. golden lace is a perennial plant belonging to the family golden lace. Widely distributed throughout Japan and East Asia, the stems are upright, 0.6m to 1.5m in height, the leaves are opposite, feathered compound leaves, and the fragments are thin and sharp. From summer to autumn, at the top branch of the upper branch, a large number of five-leaf corollers and four-stamen florets are densely packed to form a scattered inflorescence. The whole impression is gentle to the white flower and the leaf fragments are wide. There are various theories about the origin of the name, 1 "O (Mina) (Gyoro)" is the old name of a beautiful woman / young woman, and "Eshi" is interpreted as a combination of verb "Hess (pressure)" and "beshi" There is an interpretation, and the former is a beautiful flower that overwhelms a beautiful woman. " It has been loved since ancient times of Manyo, and has been used for pre-planting, cut flowers, and Chinese medicine, and has been written in Manyoshu as well.