The wind spreads the flower letter, and the child wanders through the spring, curious that the baby always asks: "What is this, what is that?" To avoid not knowing: "Well... Hmmm..." Embarrassed, do some homework in advance.
Let's get to know some of the common flowers and plants around you!
1. Iris flowers
iris:
The scientific name is also known as blue butterfly, purple butterfly, flat bamboo flower, etc., belongs to the lily family, iris family, iris genus.
It is a perennial herb native to central China and Japan. Iris is the national flower of France, the main color is blue-purple, has the reputation of "blue demon".
Iris is called because its petals are shaped like the tail of an iris bird, with blue, purple, yellow, white, red and other colors, and the transliteration of its genus name is commonly known as "Alice", Alice is the rainbow goddess in Greek mythology. In the United States, the iris is the birth flower of February, the flower of the 25th wedding anniversary, and the state flower of Tennessee.
The flowering period is usually from April to June, and the fruiting period is from June to August. The floral fragrance is light and elegant, and can be used in perfumes. The flower type is beautiful and pleasant, and is mostly used as an ornamental plant.
Its rhizomes can also be used as traditional Chinese medicine, the whole body can be collected, has anti-inflammatory, blood-activating and stasis-
Iris is full of artistic atmosphere and has always been loved by painters and writers at home and abroad.
A former Impressionist painter Van Gogh's "Iris" was auctioned for $53.9 million, shocking the world.
Later, there were modern poems given to him by the famous mainland painter, poet and essayist Xi Murong:
But there is a feeling of uncertainty even if it is
Finding the right words is gradually unable to control
In the end I am to you
Just as the deep purple iris is for this spring
After all, we still have to turn our backs on each other (excerpt)
Iris is often used in China to express love and friendship, and the future is bright.
Poems describing irises:
Tianmen Winter Summer Iris Xiang, Xiangyuntai Pavilion Dragon Bone Metamorphosis. —— "Night Dream and Luo Zihe on Famous Poems on Medicine", Song Zhuyi
2. Small puff grass:
Small fluffy grass:
Asteraceae, a genus of annual herbs. Native to North America, it often grows in wilderness, wasteland, field edges and roadsides, and is a common weed that is not conducive to farmland harvesting and has been included in the list of invasive alien species in China (the third batch).
The young stems and leaves of the small grass can be used as pig feed; the whole grass is used in medicine to reduce inflammation and stop bleeding, and to dispel rheumatism.
3. Tree Construction:
Tree Construction:
Mulberry family is a plant of the genus, also known as the peach, etc., which is a deciduous tree. The whole plant contains milk. The tree is a strong positive tree species, with strong adaptability and strong resistance to stress.
Tree construction is a green tree species, its leaves are good pig feed, its phloem fiber is a high-grade raw material for papermaking, the material is white, its roots and seeds can be medicated, and the sap can treat skin diseases. I still remember the taste of the male flower spikes and fruit of the tree that I ate when I was a child.
In the "Xiaoya Crane Ming" of the Book of Poetry, it is mentioned that the tree is constructed: the garden of Lepi, with the sandalwood of the tree, and the lower grain. Among them, the grain is the ancient name for the tree.
4. Begonia bamboo:
Bamboo Begonias:
Also known as Begonia bleaks, it is a perennial subshrub of the genus Begonia in the family Begonia in the family Begonia (not an herbaceous flower) native to South America. The flowers are big red and pink, and dozens of flowers can bloom on a branch at the same time, like grapes, bunch after bunch, which is also called "grape lotus" in the northeast. The more light you have, the redder the décor.
Bamboo begonia is a flowering labor model, 365 days a year flowering period of at least more than 320 days, making people happy and troubled, happy is that there are flowers to see every day, trouble because the fallen flowers should be cleaned frequently.
Aside from not being hardy, you'll hardly find any other drawbacks of bamboo begonias. Suddenly I want to raise a plant!
5. Five-leaf climbing tiger
Five-leaf climbing tiger: also known as five-leaf ground brocade, native to North America, is a woody vine of the grape family, relying on the top of the tendrils to adsorb other substances to climb upwards.
Flowering period is June, the flowers are small, yellow-green. The fruit period is October, the berries are spherical, blue-black, the fruit core is large and fleshy, and it is not suitable for consumption. After autumn and winter, the leaves turn red or yellow, which is very colorful.
6. Yellow quail
Yellow quail:
Asteraceae is an annual herb, commonly known as Yellow Chicken Po, Huan Yang Grass, Mao Lian, etc. Its vitality is particularly tenacious, even if it is uprooted and thrown aside, as long as the water and the right soil it can once again return to its emerald green appearance, and it can grow well in the stone crevices.
Yellow quail has a good value in traditional Chinese medicine, when I was a child, I accidentally cut my hand, rubbed its leaves, and crushed it to apply to the wound, which has the effect of stopping bleeding and relieving pain, and the wound heals relatively quickly. Elderly people in rural areas also use it to treat toothache or sore throat.
The young stems and flowers of yellow quail can be eaten, and after soaking in water for a day to remove the bitterness, stew, stir-fry, and cold mix are all available.
Yellow quail and dandelion are a bit similar, but as long as the two flowers are compared together, it will be found that the flowers of yellow quail do not have the atmosphere of dandelion flowers.
Yellow quail is a small, slender pole with a bunch of small yellow chrysanthemums on top, while dandelion flowers are a thick stem with only a small yellow chrysanthemum on top.
A simple way to distinguish between dandelions and yellow quail is to touch their leaves with your hands, the smoother one is yellow quail, and the one with the small burrs on the leaves is dandelion.