ハナトラノオは、花が四方に突き出すように咲いて、４列に並びます。小さな唇形の花は、花弁がピンク色、内側に紅紫色の斑点がつきます。
Obedient plant blooms in four rows with flowers protruding in all directions. The small lip-shaped flowers have pink petals and magenta spots on the inside.
【仮名】ハナトラノオ, カクトラノオ
【和名】花虎の尾, 角虎の尾
【英名】Obedient Plant
【学名】Physostegia virginiana
【誕生】07/ 20, 07/ 27, 08/ 19, 10/ 03
【開花】08, 09月
【花色】Pink
ハナトラノオ
ハナトラノオの原産地と花
ハナトラノオはシソ科の宿根草です。原産地は北アメリカ東部で、日本へは大正時代に渡来。草原や河川敷など日当たりの良い場所に自生し、今では全国いたるところで見かけます。ハナトラノオの花期は８～９月。小さな唇形の花で花弁はピンク色、内側に紅紫色の斑点がつきます。
ハナトラノオは丈夫で旺盛
ハナトラノオは耐寒性、耐暑性に優れ、とても丈夫です。手がかからず、旺盛に増殖。一度植えると放置していても地下茎を伸ばして広がります。ただし、根付くまで少し時間がかかるのが弱点。ハナトラノオは植え付け時期の３月から４月にかけて水切れしないよう注意が必要です。
ハナトラノオの名前と花言葉
ハナトラノオの名前の由来は長い花穂を虎の尾に見立てているから。地下茎から直立した無毛の茎は分岐することなく草丈１～２ｍに育ちます。伸びた茎の上方につけるハナトラノオの花穂は長さ20cmほど。花が下から順に咲き上がることから、花言葉は「希望」「望みの達成」です。
ハナトラノオとカクトラノオ
ハナトラノオは別名カクトラノオです。これは茎の断面が四角形だから。花も花穂から四方に突き出すように咲いて、規則正しく４列に並びます。花は雌しべが１本、雄しべが４本。果実は暗褐色の４分果です。そして、花虎の尾も角虎の尾も４文字。何かと４が多いハナトラノオです。
Obedient Plant
Origin and flowers of obedient plant
Obedient plant is a Labiatae plant. The place of origin is the eastern part of North America, and it came to Japan in the Taisho era. It grows naturally in sunny places such as grasslands and riverbeds, and is now found all over the country. The flowering season of obedient plant is from August to September. It is a small lip-shaped flower with pink petals and magenta spots on the inside.
Obedient plant is strong and vigorous
Obedient plant has excellent cold resistance and heat resistance, and is very durable. It doesn’t take a lot of hands and grows vigorously. Once planted, the rhizome will grow and spread even if left unattended. However, the weak point is that it takes some time to take root. It is necessary to be careful not to run out of water from March to April when planting obedient plant.
Obedient plant’s name and flower language
The origin of the name of obedient plant is that the long flower spikes are likened to the tail of a tiger. The hairless stem that stands upright from the rhizome grows to a plant height of 1 to 2 m without branching. The spikes of obedient plant attached above the elongated stems are about 20 cm long. Since the flowers bloom in order from the bottom, the flower language is “hope” and “achievement of hope”.
Obedient plant and Kakutranoo
Obedient plant is also known as Kakutranoo. This is because the cross section of the stem is square. The flowers also bloom in all directions from the spikes and are regularly arranged in four rows. The flower has one pistil and four stamens. The fruit is a dark brown quarter fruit. And Hanatranoo and Kakutranoo are 4 characters. It is obedient plant with many 4s.
