イワヒバ

noun

Selaginella tamariscina; spikemoss

A species of spikemoss native to East Asia, often used in traditional medicine and as an ornamental plant. The Japanese name literally means 'rock cypress leaf'.

• イワヒバは乾かん燥そうに強つよく、岩いわ場ばに生はえるシダ植しょく物ぶつです。

  Iwahiwa is a fern ally that grows on rocks and is drought-tolerant.

• 漢かん方ぽうではイワヒバを止し血けつに用もちいることがあります。

  In Kampo medicine, iwahiwa is sometimes used to stop bleeding.