この草の茎や葉には棘がたくさんあります。名前の由来は、憎い継子の尻をこの棘の多い草で拭いてやろういう発想です。命名者はこの棘で痛い目にあったのでしょうか、悲しい発想ですね。この棘は鋭く触れると結構痛いです。
これに似た花をつける植物で、今の時期に咲く、秋の鰻掴み(アキノウナギツカミ)があります。こちらも葉や茎に細かいトゲが生えています。それ故、これを利用すると、ぬるぬるしているウナギを掴むことができるそうです。真偽はともかくとして、こちらの命名は楽しく好感が持てます。
This plant has many thorns on its stem and leaves. The Japanese name for this plant means that stepmother wipes the butt of her hated stepchild with this thorny grass. I wonder if the person who named it suffered from these thorns? That's a heartbreaking idea. The sharpness of these thorns makes them quite painful to touch.
The plant called persicaria sieboldi, which is currently blooming, is similar to this flower. It has also many small thorns on its leaves and stems. Therefore, they say that this can be used to grab slimy eels. Whether it is true or not, this naming is fun and appealing.
これに似た花をつける植物で、今の時期に咲く、秋の鰻掴み(アキノウナギツカミ)があります。こちらも葉や茎に細かいトゲが生えています。それ故、これを利用すると、ぬるぬるしているウナギを掴むことができるそうです。真偽はともかくとして、こちらの命名は楽しく好感が持てます。
This plant has many thorns on its stem and leaves. The Japanese name for this plant means that stepmother wipes the butt of her hated stepchild with this thorny grass. I wonder if the person who named it suffered from these thorns? That's a heartbreaking idea. The sharpness of these thorns makes them quite painful to touch.
The plant called persicaria sieboldi, which is currently blooming, is similar to this flower. It has also many small thorns on its leaves and stems. Therefore, they say that this can be used to grab slimy eels. Whether it is true or not, this naming is fun and appealing.
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| アキノウナギツカミ persicaria sieboldi |
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