miyamaodamaki
Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
Aquilegia flabellata var. pumila
- Physical characteristics:
- This perennial grows to approximately 20 cm in height. The basal leaves are biternate, meaning each leaf is divided into groups of three leaflets twice, with the leaflets being fan-shaped. The inner white parts of the flower are petals, while the outer purple parts are sepals.
- Blooming period:
- late May to mid-June
- Habitat:
- rocky areas in and above the Umanose area
- Other information:
- It is considered an ancestral species from which other species of Aquilegia evolved.
- Japanese name origin:
- The “odamaki” comes from the flower’s resemblance in shape to an odamaki, a spool once used for spinning thread.