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The hanabiramochi (葩餅) is filled with symbolism for the New Year.
The reddish pink is not only a celebratory colour, but hints at ume blossoms (梅) and their associations with renewal. The burdock, representing ayu (アユ/鮎 'sweetfish'), is a wish for long life.

#Kyoto #京都 #burdock #葩餅 #NewYear

Plum blossoms are a symbol of renewal and so feature heavily in motifs around the new year period.

Woodblock print of ume blossoms.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

Burdock in hanabiramochi represents sweetfish, symbol of long life. Traditionally the fish were eaten in New Year banquets as good luck for the upcoming year.

Hanabiramochi, a sweet typically eaten at the start of the year.

#MedicinalPlants #Burdock #ArticumLappa #ArticumMinus #Asteraceae #EuropeanNativePlants #NaturalizedAmericanPlants #WeedsAreGood

Last falls burrs from a variety of burdock, a tall, large-leaved, biennial plant often considered a weed, but there is a lot of medicinal value packed in there. Some mature roots can send stems to 5 feet (1.52 meters) and some leaves can be a foot (30.4 cm) wide.

When I was a kid, we'd find those burrs and fashion small scenes, a sofa or chair, some lopsided people who could sit in the chair but not get up easily!

The spiny parts have very grabby, barbs, like Velcro hooks. The burrs are the bane of any long haired dog and especially, for dairy farmers like my family, cow tails.

The burrs of a very tall burdock plant, showing last year's burrs. In the background are blurry trees. The spring sun is shining on the burrs from the upper right.

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#SilentSunday #Burdock

Burdock spiky heads in the winter. Image has been inverted (negative), giving it a coolish blue glow.

Bambi has a burdock hat!

Taken at Lac Leamy park with Nikon D850, Sigma 300-800 at 600mm f/7.1 1/500s ISO 2500.
Processed with darktable on linux.

#deer #chevreuil #burdock #wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography #amateurphotography #urbanwildlife #canadianwildlife #fauneduquebec

Portrait of a deer standing in the woods, eyeing the viewer. Two burdock seedpods cling to its head between its ears. A few snowflakes are falling.

Common burdock (𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴) in flower, from Tuesday's hike:

#BloomScrolling #wildflowers #burdock

A plant with long stalks, big green leaves, and prickly lavender flowers. In the background to the left is part of a tree trunk, and beyond is a brightly lit field.

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@colo_lee @val. We bought a Japanese fermentation cookbook. #burdock, #fermentation. That led to foraging burdock root. Then buying it at the market. This was before Covid.

@val. The Asian seed companies have a few varieties of burdock. It’s a long straight tap root when you buy it at the market. We haven’t raised it in the garden. (Yet). We have gotten exhausted trying to dig wild roots in the hot sun. #burdock

@val. That fish hook end is an effective seed dispersal method. And burdock root is a good fermented vegetable. #growyourown, #burdock

For all the pictures I’ve taken of burdock, I never zoomed in close enough to see why it’s so good at sticking to stuff. Check out those tiny hooks at the end of the spikes.
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A few burdock spike balls after a very light snow, with just a touch of white snow at the bases of the spikes

A zoom-and-crop of the previous photo, showing that the ends of the spikes are curved into little hooks, the better for getting caught in my dog’s fur.

Burdock at sunrise.
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Eight burdock seed balls in a curving cluster, backlit by the rising sun. The spikes are glowing yellow, around the dark brown centers.

Close-up of six burdock seed balls in the sun, with glowing golden spikes around dark brown centers.

@deepmud I have eaten the roots of burdock 'volunteers' in my garden. The roots aren't of great size until the second year, and they look somewhat like horseradish (white/cream flesh). But not a whole lot of flavour. Tasted as one might imagine a tree root to taste. I understand that burdock root in Asian cuisine is pickled, and that may well make it more palatable. But the roots of the invasive burdock in my garden aren't worth digging up for food.

#burdock #garden #gardening #RootVegetable

There is a wee pollinator on the farthest right stamen on this burdock (Arctium minus) flower in the garden. It is an invasive, and it reseeds prodigiously, but I find the plant quite beautiful. Burdock has a two-year growing cycle, with flowers appearing in the second year. I try to pull up as many of the seedlings as I can, allowing only one or two plants to reach the flowering stage. The plants grow quite large (about 2 m/6 ft) if allowed to reach full maturity.

#garden #gardening #burdock

A small insect is pollinating a purple, thistle-like flower on a burdock plant (Arctium minus).

Burdock root has a consistency similar to bamboo shoot, but it tastes like … dirt. Part of the issue is probably that it became clear why the stuff was on sale, it was very old, and I ended up discarding half of it. But based on this I don’t think I’m sold on burdock root.

#cooking #nihonryori #burdock

Tonight’s dinner : 吉野の鶏めし (Yoshino no tori meshi).
Mitsuwa had gobō on sale so I bought some and decided on this recipe because it was basically gobō and chicken stir fry. I've never had burdock root before, this isn't a root vegetable we eat very often in the US.

#cooking #nihonryori #burdock