Japanese name: Ichihatu

Ichihatu is naturalized plant, from China.It is distinctive charastristic of this flower to have cockscomb-like frill at outer petal. There is no midrib at leaf. In old days, people planted Ichihatu flowers on straw-thatched roof of Japanese houses to protect strong wind. Japanese name Ichihatu(=first *) is from that this flower blooms earlier than other iris.