ホタルカズラ

noun

Lithospermum zollingeri; a violet-flowered plant

A species of flowering plant in the borage family, native to East Asia. The name literally means 'firefly vine'.

• ホタルカズラは春はるに青あお紫むらさき色いろの花はなを咲さかせる。

  Lithospermum zollingeri blooms with bluish-purple flowers in spring.

• 山やま道みちでホタルカズラを見みつけた。

  I found a Lithospermum zollingeri on the mountain path.