noun
Artemisia apiacea; a species of artemisia
A plant species in the Artemisia genus. The name literally means 'riverbank carrot'.
カワラニンジンは河原に生えるキク科の植物です。
Kawara ninjin is a plant of the Asteraceae family that grows on riverbanks.
Katakana spelling is common for this plant name; usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling is rare; the plant is usually written in kana.
The name is a compound of 河原 (kawara, 'riverbank') and 人参 (ninjin, 'carrot'), referring to its habitat and perhaps the shape of its leaves or roots.