ミソハギ

noun

Lythrum anceps; loosestrife

A perennial herb of the loosestrife family, native to Japan. Often seen in wetlands and used in the Bon festival as a decorative plant. The reading みそはぎ is more common than みぞはぎ.

• ミソハギはお盆ぼんの時じ期きに仏ぶつ壇だんに供そなえられる。

  Lythrum anceps is offered on the Buddhist altar during the Bon festival.

• 湿しっ地ちにミソハギの紫むらさき色いろの花はなが咲さいていた。

  Purple flowers of Lythrum anceps were blooming in the wetland.