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Tokiwa tsuyusa is a perennial plant native to South America.  
It was imported to Japan as an ornamental plant in the early Showa period (1926-1989), and since then it has become wild everywhere as a naturalized plant.  
At that time, it had white spots on its leaves, but they seem to have disappeared now due to environmental changes.  
The words "student life" and "group" in the language of flowers are said to be derived from the plant"s fertility and the way it forms large colonies and flourishes.  
The three white petals of the flower are distinctive.  
It is characterized by its three white petals, and its stamens are densely covered with long cilia.  
Its Japanese name is Nohakatakarakusa, which was given to the plant because the white spots that once existed on its leaves resemble the Hakata pattern of Hakata-ori fabric.  

  
  
  

  
  
