2012-10-30

Pretty small flowers in Uryu Numa Marsh!

by Kazu

This perspective of Uryu Numa Marsh is from the official web site of Uryu Town. The characters of the name 雨竜 means rain and dragon. It is so difficult to take this kind of photo that I use it from http://www.town.uryu.hokkaido.jp/contents/contents.php?cid=134
 This plant is called Chinguruma blooming from the end of June to the middle of July every year.  Is it called Geum pentapetalum or Sieversia pentapetala in academic field?
This is Ezokanzo blooming from the beginning of July to the beginning of August.  Glycyrrhizae Radix is the Latino name?
Hakusan-chidori blooms from the end of June to the end of July.I do not know if it has an English name or not. It's a kind of orchid blooming on the wet highland. The shape of each blossom is like a flying plover.
Hiougi-Ayame blooms from the beginning of July to the beginning of August. Is it called Arctic Iris in English ?
 Ezo-hitsujigusa is the flower blooming on the surface of the ponds. It is a kind of wild water lily but the shape is a little bit different from original water lily.  The flowers  can be seen from the middle of July to the middle of August.
This yellow small flowers can be seen from the beginning of July to the beginning of August. The name is Shinano-kinbaisou in Japanese and Trollius riederianus var japonicus is the academic name.
It can be said that Mizubashou is the most popular flower in the meadow in Japan. Skunk cabbage is the name of this flower in English? From the beginning of June to the beginning of July, it shows the flower in this area.
Insect catcher, Mousengoke (Sundew) is  another popular plants in the marsh. The nutrition from the earth and insects is crystallized from the end of Jully to the beginning of August .
This single yellow flower is Oze-Kouhone blooming from the beginning of August through the middle of September.It is also a kind of water lily.
Ezo-Oyama Rindou blooms its flower from the middle of August to the middle of September. It is a kind of gentian.
Hime-Shakunage has the flowers shaped like ringing bells that can be seen. from the end of June to the beginning July.  Rhododendron is English name of this flower, I think.
 The flowers ofShoujou-bakama is blooming from the beginning of June to the beginning of July. Its academic name Heloniopsis orientalis was too difficult to pronounce.
The flowers of Tachigi-boushi(Hosta rectifolia can be seen only in August .
Ezonohosoba-torikabuto also can be seen only in August. It's a kind of poisonous aconite(monkshood).
Flowers of Watasuge(Eriophorum) can be seen from the beginning of July to the beginning of August.
These flowers and blossoms can be seen only in short summer of this area. No wild flowers can be seen until spring has come in Hokkaido from now. Would you buy the plant in the pot for winter to raise in the house?

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