英語の後に日本語が続きます。
Corn speedwell (Veronica arvensis) is a member of the speedwell's family. Its flowers are so tiny, just 3 to 5 mm in diameter (see the last photo to see how tiny they are!), and are open only during the day that you wouldn't notice them unless you crouch to look for something on the ground like me😆!
The speedwell siblings (below) have terrible but funny Japanese names, which were given by Dr. Tomitaro Makino, a late Japanese botanist:
- Veronica polita (grey field-speedwell) named "inu no fuguri," which translates to "dog's balls," after the resemblance of its fruit shape to dog's balls.
- Veronica persica (Persian speedwell) named "ooinu no fuguri," which translates to "large dog's balls" after its larger flowers than those of grey field-speedwell.
- Veronica arvensis (corn speedwell) named "tachi inu no fuguri," which translates to "standing dog's balls" after its stems standing upright.
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2025/5/7 A pink one photographed unintendedly.
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タチイヌノフグリ（立犬の殖栗）です。花の直径は3～5ミリほどでちっちゃい！（最後の写真見るとよく分かります。）こんなにちっちゃくて昼間しか咲かないので普通は気付きません。ほとんどの花は青ですがピンクっぽいものもあるようです。
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