Chinese milkvetch, Milk vetch flowers[edit | edit source]
(Astragalus sinicus L.)
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My short words
Those flowers make us feel 'Spring has come to us' in Japan.
The tiny red crowns decorate beautifully on the rice paddies.
Memo
- Milk vetch is one of the naturalized plant from China to Japan.
- It can prevent growing weeds on the rice paddies.
- Milk vetch can easily be found on some rice paddies in spring in Japan.
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| Common name: | Chinese milkvetch, Milk vetch |
| Japanese name: | ゲンゲ (Genge), レンゲ (Renge), レンゲソウ (Renge-sō) |
| Scientific name: | Astragalus sinicus L. |
| Family name: | Fabaceae (Leguminosae) |
| Date taken: | April 11, 2016 |
| Place: | A rice paddy where was close to Asakura city in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. |
References[edit | edit source]
- The Encyclopædia Britannica 15th edition - Leguminosae (Fabaceae)
- The Encyclopædia Britannica 15th edition - Milk vetch, Astragalus sinicus
- 2014 Encyclopedia Nipponica (Digital version), Shogakukan - Astragalus sinicus L.
- Wikipedia.org Astragalus sinicus
- Wikipedia.org (Japanese) ゲンゲ (Genge)