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There are more bitter wild vegetables in the rural fields, and the seedlings are a little like dandelions, commonly known as "bitter dishes", you know?
In life, people often classify it in the bitter vegetable series, or simply call it "bitter vegetables", it is "fissure false return ginseng", is the name a little high?
It also has a former name "Holding Stem Bitter Pickles", which may be more familiar to many friends. Let's talk about this wild vegetable today.
01.
Morphological recognition
The seedlings of Pseudo-Radix are somewhat similar to dandelions. It's just that dandelion does not have an aboveground stem, and it will later extract the aboveground stem in the middle.
The seedlings of Pseudoginseng are rosette-shaped, with leaves crawling on the ground and stretching out in all directions. It's really like a small dish, no wonder people call it "bitter dish".
Usually the young leaves are newly emerging in early spring, with a hint of purple-red in the dark green.
False ginseng with sharp fissures
After a little time, the aboveground stem will be drawn out of the center of its base leaf. The leaves of the stems on the ground are more cute:
Piece by piece, it circles around the stem, as if its stem passes through the base of the leaf.
This is an important identification point for it!
False ginseng with sharp fissures
False ginseng with sharp fissures
The flowers of the sharp-sledged false ginseng are a bit similar to the bitter pickle, so in the past, people called it the bitter wattle with a stem. The name image is appropriate and easier to match with plants.
Unlike bitter pickles, the flowers of Bitter Radix have yellow cores and petals, while the stamens of Bitter Selling Vegetables are black.
False ginseng with sharp fissures
Chinese bitter pickles
The petals of Ginseng are golden yellow, while the flowers of Bitter Wattle (also known as Chinese Bitter Wattle) are yellow and white.
Chinese bitter pickles
The flowers of the sharp-lobed pseudo-ginseng generally bloom in spring and autumn, and when the flowers on the ground stem bloom, most of the basal leaves disappear.
Especially in autumn, you will only see small yellow flowers on its more branches, blooming in the countryside, and the brilliance is no less than that of wild chrysanthemums in the mountains.
False ginseng with sharp fissures
02.
Medicinal and food use
In fact, in the folk, sharp cracked false ginseng is classified as a wild vegetable of the bitter vegetable system. When digging wild vegetables, call it bitter pickles, lettuce, flowers and leaves, milk lettuce, and bitter vegetables with stems, all of which are called "bitter vegetables".
Bitter wild vegetables, eating methods are basically the same, mixed with cold vegetables, dipping sauce, or stir-fried, you can be refreshed and clear.
In addition to being eaten as wild vegetables, it can also be used as a whole herb for medicinal purposes, and in some places, it is also used as a northern defeat sauce grass. Of course, this is just a folk method of medicine.
False ginseng with sharp fissures
03.
Name change
I always feel that the name "sharp crack false ginseng" is not grounded, and it is very unaccustomed to it, and I don't know why the botanist changed the name to it.
I still remember that when I first knew it, it was called Bulbophyllum hugging, and it was all about that name. After a few years, I inadvertently found that its name had been changed.
On closer examination, its name change is also quite tortuous.
This wild vegetable was first called bitter wattle, and later, with the adjustment of the plant classification system, it was called hugging bitter wattle, holding stem small bitter wattle.
Originally, the name was not bad, but later, it was kicked out of the genus Pygmy and returned to the genus Pseudo-Yang Ginseng.
It may be that in recent years, the classification of plants has been studied more systematically, and people have found that although it is called "Bitter Wattle with Stems", it is actually relatively far from the relationship with Bitter Wattle, and it should belong to the genus Asteraceae.
False ginseng with sharp fissures
Speaking of which, I still prefer the name of hugging bitter pickle! Don't know how your friends feel?
It grows in the countryside and wilderness, grows on its own, looks like it is invincible, and is not afraid of pests and diseases. This character, this appearance, is enough to make people worry!
About the author
Heart Pearl: Intermediate agronomist, plant lover. Welcome to the "roaming vegetation" to share plant knowledge and feel the beauty of the countryside. Grass and wood heart, country taste, fine taste, rambling!