Today is a day off! So I went to a bakery near Nakakaruizawa station in the morning. At the bakery, I got a bean-jam bun. While eating, I found this yellow flower blossoming on the side of the road.
It is called kusano-ou in Japanese. It doesn’t have the English name but the academic name of this flower is Chelidonium majus var. asiaticum. This flower belongs to the Papaveraceae family. Many of these flowers which belong to the same family are poisonous. Kusano-ou has the poison as well. But you should know that this flower is often used as a medicine. It can be a good pain reliever!
今日はお休み！駅前で気になっていたパン屋さんであんぱんを買って散歩していたら、たくさんクサノオウが咲いているのを見かけました。
この花はケシの仲間。ケシの仲間は毒をもっていて、クサノオウにも毒があります。でもこのお花は薬用にもなり、鎮痛剤などに利用されているんですよ～！
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