3/11/2013

Sign of spring


Sign of spring, originally uploaded by photoholic image.
This is called Setsubun-sou in Japanes that is one of species of Ranunculaceae family and an endemic species of Japan.
It is very small flower, the diameter of flower is about 2.0cm from 1.5cm and the height of this plant is 10cm, more or less. You can compare the flower with a honeybee as shown in the image below.
This plant grows in colonies and blooms around middle of February as a sign of early spring. However, flowering was delayed almost half a month than usual because of the severe cold of this winter.


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