山寺のオサバフウロ

誰かに触れられるとすぐに葉を畳んでしまう、微笑の花。 初めてこの花を見た時は名前も知らなかった。 ただ、これの名前はバタフライフラワーじゃないかな・・と思った。 ブログの友達から名前を教えてもらった。日本での名前は「オサバフウロ」だと・・ 後で調べてみたら韓国での名前は「サランチョ」だった。 とにかく、 植物が動くというのは何か珍しいことだ。   Location : Goseong-gun Gyeongsangnam-do Korea   -   There are flowers that are called "Sarangcho". These flowers have five pink petals and three purple leaves. They are not colorful but they have a simple beauty. When I first saw these flowers, I thought about the name " Is this the butterfly flower?" Because the three leaves seemed like butterfly's wings. But my guess was wrong.Their name was "Sarangcho".  Sarangcho means "grass of love" I don't know why the Sarangcho is called the grass of love. The interesting thing is, these flowers have the unique trait that the leaves shrink If somebody touches them. So I made new name for this flower. It's "shy smile".