Houttuynia Cordata (Fish Mint) ドクダミ

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

This is Houttuynia cordata, also known as fish mint, and a horsefly that had just landed on a leaf. The contrast between the green yellow spike, the white bracts surrounding it, and the deep green leaves (whose edge is red) is so beautiful!! Fish mint is another example of plants that are beautiful in not only color but also shape (but not in smell...).  

A horsefly has just landed on fish mint leaf ドクダミの葉に着地したアブ

Houttuynia Cordata ドクダミ


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ドクダミと葉に着地したばかりのアブです。黄緑の花序、それを囲む白い苞、そして赤い縁取りの葉がとてもきれいです。色も形もこんなに美しいんだけど臭いがね。。。 残念。。。

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