イヨトンボ

Meanings

whip-carrying habenaria; Habenaria iyoensis

usually written using kana alone

A species of orchid native to Japan, specifically named after the old Iyo province (present-day Ehime Prefecture). The common name 'whip-carrying habenaria' refers to the long, whip-like spur of the flower.

イヨトンボは愛え媛ひめ県けんで見みられる野や生せいのランです。
The whip-carrying habenaria is a wild orchid found in Ehime Prefecture.
この植しょく物ぶつ図ず鑑かんにはイヨトンボの詳くわしい説せつ明めいが載のっている。
This plant encyclopedia has a detailed description of Habenaria iyoensis.