gooseneck loosestrife

Lysimachia clethroides

The birth flower for June 20

Location: Copilot
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Location: East Gardens of th Imperial Palace
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Location: East Gardens of th Imperial Palace
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Location: East Gardens of th Imperial Palace
Location: Hakobe Botanical Garden
Location: Hakobe Botanical Garden

Flower name
gooseneck loosestrife
Scientific name
Lysimachia clethroides
Alias丘虎の尾, Gooseneck, Okatrano, loosestrife
Place of originJapan, Korean peninsula, China
Place of floweringFields and footpaths, Low mountains
Flowering seasonJune, July
Language of flowersFaithful

What is gooseneck loosestrife

Birth flowers for Jun 20

The birth flower for June 20 is gooseneck loosestrife
Aqua (Waterdrop Poetry), Copilot(Illustration), Editing & Translation: Mizuho @Kagiken.
A drop of flowers and poetry, one each day. From Kagiken's Flower Guide, we deliver words that bloom softly in your heart.

gooseneck loosestrife, Illustrate by Copilot.
Note: The Japanese text in the illustration has the same meaning as Aqua's water droplet poem.
Aqua is a water spirit

💧Shizuku's poem about Okatoranoo: “A Path That Winds Its Way Forward”

by Aqua

The flower spikes don’t grow straight;
they stretch out, gently curving as they go.
Just like your steps—
even if they take a slight detour, you’re still moving forward.

Gooseneck loosestrife

Gooseneck loosestrife or Okatranoo (scientific name: Lysimachia clethroides) is native to Japan etc. and is a cold-resistant perennial grass of the family Primulae .
In the field, it grows by extending the rhizomes.
In the summer, a long flower inflorescence is extended from the tip of the flower stalk, and many white small flowers blooming at the tip 5 with a cup shaped petal bloom.
The genus' name 'Lysimachia' is a contribution to King Macedonia 'Lysimachus', species's name 'clethroides' means that it resembles the genus 'Clethra'.
The Japanese name 'Oka tora no o' is based on the fact that the appearance that the long flower striking in the hill bloomed like a tiger's tail(Tora no O).
Since flowers bloom from bottom to top, the flowers in the lower part will begin to wither before the flowers at the tip bloom.
Leaves turn red in autumn and are beautiful. Flower language is "loyal".

Name: Gooseneck loosestrife,
aka: Okatranoo,
scientific name: Lysimachia clethroides,
Place of Origin: Japan, Korea Peninsula, China, Habitat Distribution: Hokkaido to Kyushu's Japan and Korean peninsula, China, Environment: sunny hill,
plant height: 90 cm,
petiole: yes, yes, leaves: alternate, leaf margin: all edges, leaf shape: oblong, leaf height: 10 cm, leaf width: 3.5 cm, leaf color : green,
Flower color: white, flowering period: June to July, fruit: green → red (in autumn), inflorescence shape: rhinocerus inflorescence, inflorescence height: 20 cm, corolla shape: cup-
Type: fruit, fruit shape: spherical, fruit diameter: 2.5 cm.

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