also: ハルジョオン · はるじおん · はるじょおん
Philadelphia fleabane; common fleabane
A spring-blooming wildflower in the daisy family, often seen in fields and roadsides in Japan. The name is usually written in katakana.
Many Philadelphia fleabanes were blooming along the roadside.
Philadelphia fleabane is a flower commonly seen in spring.
Hiragana spelling; less common than katakana for this plant name.
Hiragana spelling for the variant pronunciation; rarely used.
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly encountered in botanical contexts; the plant is almost always written in kana.
Coined from 春 “spring” and 紫菀 “aster,” referring to an aster-like plant that flowers in spring.