Katabam or Oxalis corniculata

Oxalis corniculata

The birth flower for May 20

Location: Copilot
Location: Copilot
Location: Jogasaki coast
Location: Kyoto
Location: Jogasaki coast

Flower name
Katabam or Oxalis corniculata
Scientific name
Oxalis corniculata
AliasCreeping Oxalis, 片喰, クリーピング・オキザリス, Sorrel, European wood-sorrel, Yellow Wood Sorrel
Place of originJapan
Place of floweringFields and footpaths
Flowering seasonApril, May, June, July, August, September

What is Katabam or Oxalis corniculata

Birth flowers for May 20, May 27, Nov 21

The birth flower for May 20 is,Ktabami(Oxalis corniculata).
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), Copilot(Illustration), Editing & Translation: Mizuho @Kagiken.

Ktabami(Oxalis corniculata), Phot(Mizuho)

Ktabami(Oxalis corniculata) Illustration by Copilot
Note: The Japanese text in the illustration has the same meaning as Aqua's water droplet poem.
Aqua is a water spirit.

When you're such a serious person, things can get tough sometimes, right? When that happens, why not try making a cute friend like Shizuku(water drop) in your heart? ☺

💧Katabami's dewdrops:
“Sometimes the smallest flowers shine the brightest”

by Aqua

On days when your heart feels tightly shut
Like a walnut shell
It’s okay to protect yourself
Inside,
A little friend who encourages you
Is sitting there, waiting

Katabami

Katabami or Yellow Wood Sorrel ,scientific name:Oxalis corniclata , is a perennial wide leafy grass. Long period of spring to autumn, yellow small petaled flowers bloom in scattering inflorescence.
Roots grow on thin stems, crawling on the ground, so-called rustic plants. Three heart-shaped leaves are attached to the ends of the long petioles.
Like the Nemno tree, the leaf opens at noon and closes at night and performs a sleeping activity.
When the leaves are closed, it seems that leaves are attached only to one side. There is one stamen and 10 stamens.
There is also Buttercup oxalis（Scientific name: Oxalls pes-caprae) .
The fruit which becomes after flowers has reduced Abelmoschus esculentus (okra) It has such a shape that seeds are blown off when ripe.

Common name: Yellow Wood Sorrel ,
Scientific name: Oxalis corniculata,
aka: Creeping Oxalis , Katabami, European wood-sorrel, Yellow Wood Sorrel, Origin: Japan ,
Plant height: 5 - 20 cm ,
Leaf color: green,
Flower diameter 0.8 - 1 cm, Flower color: yellow, Flowering: April to September,Fruit length: 2 cm.

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