Nanakusa-no-sekku
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The Festival of Seven Herbs or Nanakusa no sekku is the long-standing Japanese custom of eating seven-herb rice porridge on January 7; one of the Gosekku.
Nanakusa being prepared
Nanakusa-gayu
Chickweed
Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus in Mount Ibuki 2011 08 28
Stellaria media
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Stellaria media, chickweed, is an annual flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Eurasia and naturalized throughout the world, where it is a weed of waste ground, farmland and g
Nanakusa-no-sekku
…parsley 薺 (なずな nazuna) ナズナ nazuna ぺんぺん草 penpengusa Shepherd's purse 御形 (ごぎょう gogyō) ハハコグサ (母子草) hahakogusa Cudweed 繁縷 (はこべら hakobera) コハコベ (小蘩蔞) kohakobe Chickweed 仏の座 (ほとけのざ hotokenoza) コオニタビラコ (小鬼田平子) koonitabirako Nipplewort 菘 (すずな suzuna) カブ (蕪) kabu Turnip 蘿蔔 (すずしろ suzushiro) ダイコン (大根) daikon Radish There is…
Kaldari Stellaria media 01
Chickweeds have a line of hairs along one side of stem.
The sepals have very long hairs.
Seeds MHNT