They were first recorded over three hundred years ago in the 'Hinami-kiji' (a guidebook of annual events in Kyoto and the surrounding area) (in 1667) and also appear in numerous botanical texts and poems.
約300余年前の「日次紀事」（1667年）への記載をはじめ、数々の本草書、詩文などにその名前が載っている。