Whirling Butterflies

This is 'Hakutyou-sou' or Whirling butterflies. The other Japanese name is 'Yamamomo-sou', and the other English names are Beeblossom, Clock weed, White gaura, etc. The botanical name is Gaura lindheimeri.







A part of the Japanese name 'Hakutyou' means white butterfly. However, we usurally imagine white birds when we hear 'Hakutyou', because the pronounciation of both Japanese words are exactly the same!

The Japanese version of this article is here!