Sisyrinchium Rosulatum (Annual Blue-Eyed Grass) 庭石菖(ニワゼキショウ)

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

This is sisyrinchium rosulatum or annual blue-eyed grass in Tokyo National Museum. I've been seeing pink ones in my neighborhood almost everyday recently, but it was the first time to see such beautifully shaped white annual blue-eyed grass flowers (i.e., without any petals missing). 

Sisyrinchium rosulatum 庭石菖

Annual blue-eyed grass ニワゼキショウ

I've visited Tokyo National Museum five or six times a year for the last few years, and recently something within me has changed. I enjoy what's outside the museum more than what's inside... 

Annual blue-eyed grass is small, but it's in the iris family and means "prosperity" and "a wealth of feelings." 

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東京国立博物館で見かけた庭石菖(ニワゼキショウ)です。ピンクのものは近所でよく見るのですが、白くてこんなに綺麗な形のものを見たのは初めて。この博物館には年5~6回は行くのですが、最近、館内ではなく「館外」のものを楽しむようになっています。

小さいけどニワゼキショウはアヤメ科。花言葉は「繁栄」と「豊かな感情」です。

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