Hairy Flowers 🪒 - Spider Flower and Gaura クレオメとガウラは毛深い🪒

Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Hairy flowers often catch my eye. I don't know why. Cleome hassleriana below, commonly known as spider flower, is one such flower.

Cleome hassleriana クレオメ

Spider flower 西洋風蝶草

Cleome has long thread-like stamens 長い雄しべ

Cleome or spider flower is called in Japan "Western wind butterfly flower," meaning Japanese see it as a butterfly while English speakers a spider, and I see it as hair.

The white and pink gaura flowers or beeblossom (because the flower attracts bees!) below also look hairy to me, but in Japan they are called "White butterfly flower" and "Mountain pink flower" respectively. 

White gaura 白のガウラ

White butterfly flower in Japanese 白蝶草

Pink gaura ピンクのガウラ

Mountain pink flower in Japanese 山桃草

Hair removal is very popular in Japan among not only women but also men, and that's not only in Japan. Getting rid of body hair seems to be increasingly popular in the US and European countries, too. But that may not be true of European women. You may still remember French women showing their hairy armpits to fight against the pressure women face to shave or wax. 

Speaking of hair, I have a more serious hair related problem. I have had to cut my own hair myself at least once a month for nearly six months (because I have short hair) 😱 Somebody, HEEELLLP me!

To see more hairy flowers, St. John's wort and love-in-a-mist (nigella), read these posts!
- St. John's Wort is Hairy, Too!
- Love-In-A-Mist is A Bit Hairy....

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なぜか「毛深い」花に惹かれます。上から、

赤い花はクレオメ、またの名を西洋風蝶草。

次の白い花はガウラ、または白蝶草。

ピンクの花もガウラ、または山桃草です。

「毛」と言えば、日本でも欧米でも脱毛が盛んです。男性の脱毛も今は当たり前。一方、女性の間では毛を剃るべきだというプレッシャーに対抗する動きがあります。

ただ、今の私にとって「毛」と言えば「髪の毛」です。かれこれ半年美容院に行っておらず、セルフカットで済ませていますがもう限界！ ショートなので大変です。誰かダスゲデ～😱 ！！ 

私同様、毛深いお花に興味がある方は下の記事もご覧ください！

St. John's Wort is Hairy, Too!　ビヨウヤナギ（未央柳）も毛深いです！
Love-In-A-Mist is A Bit Hairy....　毛深くってごめんなさい🙇 ニゲラより

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