Take a picture of the beautiful scenery: (original) Safflower blossoms like stars, five-star flowers stained with blood. The midsummer flowers bloom with joy and welcome to Xiu Lianting. Explanation: Five Star Flower (scientific name: (Forsk.)

Take a picture of the beautiful scenery: (original) Safflower blossoms like stars, five-star flowers stained with blood. The midsummer flowers bloom with joy and welcome to Xiu Lianting.

Explanation: Five Star Flower (scientific name: (Forsk.) K. Schum. ) is a subshrub of the family Rubiaceae, a genus of erect or extraverted flowers, up to 70 cm tall, covered in hair. The leaves are ovate, oval or lanceolate elongated, with a short tip at the apex and a tapering at the base into a short stalk. The polyflorescence is dense, apical; The flowers are stemless, the flower peduncle is unusually long, the corolla is lilac, the throat is densely hairy, the crown eaves are unfolded, and the flowering period is summer and autumn.

Five-star flowers are also known as umbrella flowers, star flowers, star flowers, Egyptian star flowers, herbaceous elixir flowers, etc., often divided into multiple varieties due to the different colors of the flowers.

Five-star flowers are native to tropical and Arabian regions; It is cultivated in southern China. Due to the long-lasting flowering period, there are pink, crimson, pink, white and other flower colors, which are suitable for potting and arranging flower tables, flower beds and landscape arrangements.