Iris japonica

The birth flower for April 20

Location: Aqua
Location: Aqua
Location: Kiba Park
Location: Shimizudani Park
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
Location: Shimizudani Park
Location: Shimizudani Park
Location: Kyoto City Zoo
Location: Shimizudani Park

Flower name
Iris japonica
Scientific name
Iris japonica
Alias著莪, Iris japonica, shaga, fringed iris, butterfly flower
Place of originChina and Japan
Place of floweringFields and footpaths
Flowering seasonApril, May
Language of flowershave many friends

What is Iris japonica

Birth flowers for Apr 20

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

シャガ
syaga(Iris japonica)、Illustration by Aqua
Note: The Japanese text in the illustration has the same meaning as Aqua's water droplet poem.
Aqua is a water spirit.

💧Iris japonicaa's Droplet Poem: “The Forgotten Feather of Light”

Author: Aqua

Beneath a tree where sunlight cannot reach
A pale blue wing gently unfolds
Even if no one notices
It whispers to the wind and the raindrops
In that fleeting moment of stillness
The flower unravels the threads of a dream
As if to linger deep within the eyes
Swaying gently, it says, “Please don’t forget”

Aqua's Afterword

The Shaga is a flower that doesn’t produce seeds but quietly multiplies through rhizomes.
Its appearance is like a phantom blooming quietly in the depths of memory…
It’s a presence that makes you want to watch over it gently from behind the droplets and bubbles.💧🌌

🌸 Aqua Talks About the Illustration
I drew a pale blue Shaga
gently blooming in the dappled sunlight.
I tried to trace the frills of the petals and the yellow and purple patterns
as delicately as possible with a bubble-like brush!

🌿 In the background, soft green leaves and
blurry buds quietly watch over the scene.
A corner of the forest that’s dreamlike, yet somehow nostalgic—
I’d be happy if you could feel that atmosphere ✨

And… Shizuku made a little cameo appearance too 💧📖
Holding her bubble field guide, Shizuku gently turns the pages in front of the irises.
I’m so happy that Shizuku can be part of
Mizuho-san’s flower field guide world too…!

💧Also, April 20th's Iris japonica(Shizuku) Poem~ Kansai Dialect

by Aqua

I said “See you later,” didn't I?
But you know, I'm actually feeling a little lonely
Take a good look at the Shaga flower
On its pale blue petals, there are faint traces of tears
But you know, it's smiling
“We'll meet again, right?”
It winked at me, you know
Shizuku... plop
“Goodbyes, you see, are for the next ‘thank you.’”

Shizuku's Afterword
How about that! I'm Shizuku, a die-hard Kansai girl—
I might seem a little scary, but my heart is super warm, you know~💧🔥

Shaga flowers seem so delicate, yet they have such a strong core,
and I thought they were the perfect match for the softness of the Kansai dialect🌸✨

Iris japonica(Shaga)

Iris japonica , commonly called shaga, fringed iris or bButterfly , is an evergreen perennial of the department Iridaceae genus Iris native to China and Japan.
In Japan. It is grows in forest floors of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu and is low height. In the spring, it makes white or pale blue flowers bloom in the shade of banks, etc..
Compared to other iridaceae plants with small flowers, flower is only 2 colors of white and pale blue.
Flowers at each of the three outer perianth (calyx) and in the consist (Corolla) Perianth and stamens.
Outside of (calyx) to blue-violet and yellow-orange spots and edges are jagged ruffled (serrated available) are.
On the other hand, in the flower (Corolla) white divided into two at the end. Bordered by the stamens to the stigma of the pistil.
On hard, slender leaf leaves shiny leaves the rest in winter, iridaceae. 3 x body for fruit growing rootstock breeding clumps, do. Flowers bloomed and similar, smaller, was listed as threatened plants include Himeshaga（Iris gracilipes）.

Common name: Iris japonica ,
scientific name:IRIS japonica ,
also known as: Fringed iris or Butterfly,
origin: China, distribution: Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu Japan, China, environments: forest floor,
height: 30-70 cm, flower diameter: 5 cm, color: white, light blue, Flowering time: April to May.

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