also: びょうやなぎ
Chinese hypericum; Hypericum monogynum
A flowering shrub with bright yellow flowers, native to China and cultivated in Japan. The name is usually written in kana.
Chinese hypericum is blooming in the garden.
Katakana spelling is common for plant names; usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling; rarely used in practice.
Alternate kanji spelling; rarely used.
Irregular reading variant; it has irregular kana usage.
Irregular reading variant in hiragana.
The kanji 未央柳 literally means 'not-yet-center willow', possibly referring to the flower's resemblance to a willow and its blooming season. The reading びようやなぎ is a Japanese approximation of the Chinese name. The exact derivation is uncertain.