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The "Hime-uzu" (Semiaquilegia adoxoides) belongs to Ranunculaceae (the Buttercup family). It is a perennial herb that is distributed from the Kanto region of Honshu westward to Shikoku, Kyushu, the Nansei Islands in Japan, as well as southern Korea and central-southern China. It has also naturalized in Taiwan. It grows along forest edges, fields, roadsides, and stone walls, reaching a height of 20 to 35 cm. The stem is slender with soft hairs and branches near the top. The basal leaves are trifoliate, with leaflets 2 to 3-lobed. From March to May, small white flowers bloom downward at the branch tips. The flowers are 4-5 mm in diameter, with oblong sepals that are white, sometimes tinged with red. The lower part of the petals forms a tube with an extremely short spur. The fruit is a capsule that grows pointing upward. It is called "天葵" in Taiwanese Chinse, and "天葵" (tian kui) in Chinese.
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