ヒナギクの英名デイジーは「太陽の眼」という意味。花の形がおひさまに似ていて、陽がさすと花が開き、陽がかげると花が閉じるからです。
Daisy means “Day’s Eye”. Because the shape of the flower resembles the sun, and because it opens when the sun shines and closes when the sun does not shine.
【仮名】ヒナギク, デイジー, デージー
【和名】雛菊
【英名】Daisy
【学名】Bellis perennis
【誕生】02/ 15, 03/ 06, 03/ 03
【開花】01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 12月
【花色】White, Pink, Red
ヒナギク
ヒナギクの生態
ヒナギクはキク科の１年草です。原産地の地中海沿岸では多年草。日本へは明治時代初期に渡来し、北海道などの冷涼地では定着したものの、蒸し暑い本州以南の温暖地では夏が越せません。和名は愛らしい花姿に由来。開花期間が長く、「長命菊」「延命菊」などの別名もあります。
ヒナギクの姿形
ヒナギクの英名デイジーは「太陽の眼」という意味です。花の形が太陽に似ていて、陽がさすと花が開き、かげると閉じるから。へら形の根生葉の間から花茎が立ち上がり、可愛い花が咲きます。一重咲きは周りが舌状の雌性花、真ん中が筒状の両性花。八重咲きの園芸種もあります。
ヒナギクの逸話
ヒナギクは、ラテン語の属名ベリスが「美しい」、種名ペレンニスが「多年生の」という意味。この属名には木の精「ベリデス」の逸話があります。森で許婚と踊っていたところを庭園の守護神に見初められたベリデス。しつこく追いかけられたため、ベリスという花に変身しました。
ヒナギクの利用
ヒナギクは欧州で古くから暮らしに根ざした薬草。よく揉み解した葉を骨折したところに貼ったので「骨の花」、打ち傷に貼ったので「傷草」とも呼ばれました。そのほか、葉が痛風やリウマチに、根の汁が偏頭痛に、花が切り傷の止血に。花びらが乙女の恋占いにも用いられました。
Daisy
Ecology of Daisy
Daisy is annuals of the Asteraceae family. It is a perennial herb that is native to the Mediterranean coast. It was introduced to Japan in the early Meiji period and has taken root in cool regions such as Hokkaido, but it cannot survive the hot and humid warm regions south of Honshu in the summer. The Japanese name comes from the lovely flower shape. It has a long flowering period, and is also known by other names such as “long life chrysanthemum”.
Shape of Daisy
Daisy means “Day’s Eye”. Because the shape of the flower resembles the sun, and because it opens when the sun shines and closes when the sun does not shine. Flower stalks rise from between spatula-shaped basal leaves, and cute flowers bloom. A single flowered is a female flower with a tongue-shaped circumference and a bisexual flower with a cylindrical center. There is also a double-flowered cultivar.
Anecdote of Daisy
The genus name Bellis in Latin means “beautiful” and the species name Perennis means “perennial”. This genus name has an anecdote about the tree fairy “Belides”. The guardian deity of the garden fell in love with her at first sight when Belides was dancing with her fiance in the woods. She was chased so persistently that she transformed into a flower called Bellis.
Use of Daisy
Daisy is medicinal herbs that have been rooted in life in Europe for a long time. It was also called “Bone flower” because it was applied to broken bones, and it was also called “Bruise wort” because it was applied to bruises. In addition, the leaves are good for gout and rheumatism, the root juice is good for migraines, and the flowers are good for bleeding from cuts. Petals were also used for love divination for maidens.
