Introduction: Safflower sorrel grass is known as crystal radish, can be eaten as a fruit, ornamental plant cultivation, do you know?
In the countryside on the mountains, roadsides, wastelands, vegetable gardens, underforests, rivers and ditches, we often see a wild grass, it grows a large area, in the spring, blooming beautiful flowers, very beautiful.
Rural children, when they are playing outdoors in spring, they must be ecstatic and very happy, and they will run to pick such flowers to play.
When you see the bees and butterflies working the flowers, they will also run to catch them, but they are too fast to catch.
This plant grows wild in many provinces and regions on the mainland, especially in Guangxi and Guangdong, because of the climate, they can also be seen growing luxuriantly in this winter.
This plant, whose name is safflower sorrel, is a perennial erect herbaceous plant in the family Sorrel family. suprastem, subterranean bulbs, squamous membranous, brown, leaf basal; petiole coat; The leaflets are oblonged and inverted heart-shaped, concave at the apex, rounded on both sides, light green on the dorsal surface, and oblong, narrowly pointed at the top. peduncle basal, inflorescence bifidant, peduncle, bract, sepal all hairy; sepals lanceolate, petals inverted heart-shaped, lilac to purplish-red, filigree covered with pubescent hairs; The flower column is covered with rust-colored pubescent hairs, and it blooms and bears fruit in March ~ December.
Its growth range is very wide, many places have, and the names are different everywhere, aliases are big sour grass, southern sky seven, purple flower sorrel grass, large leaf sorrel grass, three-in-one lotus, etc., friends, what is its name in your hometown?
This kind of safflower sorrel grass is very common in the countryside, do you know what it does? Today I will share 4 functions for you.
The first role: ornamental value
Safflower sorrel, it is a perennial herb, its plants grow very short, only 20 centimeters tall, but its leaves grow very dense, the leaves are green, blooming a lot of flowers, in some gardens, next to the park, there are planted as ornamental plants.
There are also some bonsai lovers who plant it in a pot at home, which is very beautiful.
The second effect: the underground rhizome can be eaten
The underground rhizome of safflower sorrel grows very fat, digging out like a mini version of the radish head, we wash it with clean water, white and fat, crystal clear. It is a natural snack for rural children. In rural areas, people call it crystal radish.
In rural areas, it is common to see children taking a small hoe and digging this crystal radish to eat by the vegetable garden, and some even dig it out and wipe it on their clothes and eat it.
This crystal radish tastes sweet, but with a hint of earthiness.
The third role: can be used as green manure
The leaves of safflower sorrel grow very luxuriantly, and I heard from the elders that when farming in the countryside in the 80s, it was used as green manure.
That is, after ploughing the field, it will pluck the young stems and leaves of the safflower sorrel, throw it into the field, and then step into the mud with your feet, and after a while, it will rot, which is a good fertilizer.
You know, at that time, rural people did not use chemical fertilizers to grow crops, which was solved by using these green manure in rural areas.
The fourth role: can be used medicinally
Rural plants all have medicinal value, but the value is different.
This safflower sorrel grass can be used medicinally, and the Chinese medicine is called copper hammer grass. Sour, cold. Clear heat and dampness, detoxify and reduce swelling, cool blood and disperse stasis. Interested friends, you can find out for yourself. Don't say not to introduce, it can't be said here, the platform does not allow.
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