Yabukanzou is a perennial herb native to China that came to Japan from China in ancient times that blooms in summer.
It was called wasuregusa in Manyoshu (the oldest anthology of Japanese poetry), and people believed that having this flower would help them forget painful things.
It produces bright reddish-orange flowers with double-layered blossoms at the end of a bifurcated flower stalk in summer.
It is a one-day flower, opening in the morning and wilting in the evening. Since it does not bear fruit, it multiplies mainly by underground stems.
The whole plant is edible, and the buds and young shoots are especially tender and sweet.

ヤブカンゾウは夏に咲く古くに中国から渡来してきた中国原産の多年草。
万葉集ではワスレグサと呼ばれ、この花を持っていると辛いことを忘れられると信じられていた。
夏に二又に分かれた花茎の先に、八重咲の鮮やかな赤橙色の花を咲かせる。
朝開き、夕方には萎む一日花。結実しないので、主に地下茎で増えていく。
全草食用になり、つぼみや若芽はとくに柔らかくて甘くて美味しい。