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“Yellow flower on the beach”

There are plants that grow on sandy beaches. New Zealand spinach is one of them. It used to lined up in greengrocers and used as food. If you look closely in the summer, you will see small yellow flowers in bloom.  [JULY 2021]

Tetragonia tetragonioides

 

砂浜に生育する海浜植物、ツルナ。現在でも地域によって食用にされます。夏にとてもちいさな黄色い花を咲かせます。