シモツケの名前の由来は最初に下野国で発見されたため。見た目がそっくりなシモツケソウが５裂の頂小葉であるのに対し単葉です。
The origin of the name of Spirea is because it was first discovered in Shimotsuke Province. Filipendula multijuga, which looks exactly like it, is a single leaf, whereas it is a top leaflet with 5 fissures.
【仮名】シモツケ, キシモツケ
【和名】下野. 木下野
【英名】Japanese Spiraea, Japanese Meadowsweet
【学名】Spiraea japonica
【誕生】06/ 14, 10/ 13
【開花】05, 06, 07, 08月
【花色】White, Pink
シモツケ
シモツケの名前の由来
シモツケはバラ科シモツケ属の落葉低木。属名「Spiraea」は果実の形状からギリシャ語の「螺旋」を意味しています。和名の「下野」は最初に下野国（現在の栃木県）で発見されたため。
シモツケとシモツケソウ
シモツケとシモツケソウは見た目がそっくり。そのため下野草に対し、シモツケは木下野という別名があります。両者の違いは葉で、シモツケが単葉、シモツケソウが５裂の頂小葉です。
シモツケの花言葉「整然」「儚さ」
シモツケは小さな花が密集して一つの花のように見えることから、花言葉は「整然」。また、おしべの長く伸びた花々が霜の降りたように見えることから「儚さ」という花言葉もあります。
シモツケの花言葉「無駄」「無益」
これは中国の言い伝えによる花言葉。捕らえられた父親を助けるため、少女が敵地に赴くものの、すでに父親は病死。そこで墓の傍に咲いていた花を持ち帰ると毎年、美しい花を咲かせました。
Japanese Spiraea
Origin of the name of spirea
Spiraea is a deciduous shrub of the genus Spiraea in the Rosaceae family. The genus name “Spiraea” means “spiral” in Greek because of the shape of the fruit. The Japanese name “Shimotsuke” was first discovered in Shimotsuke Province (present-day Tochigi Prefecture).
Spirea and Filipendula multijuga
Spirea and Filipendula multijuga look exactly the same. Therefore, spirea is also known as Kinoshita, as opposed to Shimotsuke. The difference between the two is the leaves, Spirea japonica is a single leaf, and Filipendula multijuga is a top leaflet with 5 fissures.
Flower language of spirea “orderly” “transience”
The flower language of spirea is “orderly” because small flowers are densely packed and look like one flower. There is also the word “transience” because the long flowers of the stamens look like frost.
Flower language of spirea “waste” “useless”
This is a flower language according to Chinese legend. A girl goes to an enemy land to help her captured father, but her father has already died of illness. She brought back the flowers she had bloomed by the grave there and she made her beautiful flowers every year.
