ムカゴイラクサ

Related words

• イラクサ

  イラクサ is the general term for nettle; ムカゴイラクサ is a specific species that produces bulbils (むかご).

• むかご

  むかご refers to the small aerial tubers or bulbils found on some plants, including this nettle species.

Written forms

• ムカゴイラクサ
  kana-only spelling

  Katakana spelling is common for this plant name.

• 零余子蕁麻むかごいらくさ

  Kanji spelling is rare and complex; the plant name is usually written in kana.

Etymology

Compound of むかご (bulbil) + イラクサ (nettle), referring to the plant's characteristic bulbils.