#Cloud Journey # The most exotic flower - shrimp flower
Shrimp coats are perennial herbaceous or evergreen subshrub plants in the genus Lycaenidae. The flower stem is round, thin, multi-branched at the base, and the whole plant is covered with short coarse hairs; leaves opposite, ovate or elliptic, apex pointed, fully margined, pale green, with short hairs on both sides; Inflorescences apical, drooping, with brown, red, yellowish-green or yellow bracts, mostly overlapping, resembling shrimp clothing; Flowers white, lip-shaped; Flowering and fruiting are held throughout the year. The shrimp flower is named because of its bracts, overlapping in clusters, resembling lobsters. Shrimp flowers are native to Mexico. It is cultivated in a vast area south of the Tropic of Cancer and north of the Yangtze River in China. It is currently found all over the world. Shrimp flowers are tropical and subtropical plants, which like to grow in warm, moist, cool, ventilated and breathable soil environments, and are not tolerant to drought and cold. The propagation method of shrimp flowers is generally propagation by cuttings and branches. Shrimp flowers and leaves can be used in medicine, spicy taste, slightly bitter, cool, with the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, dissipating stasis and reducing swelling.
Shrimp flowers speak for the distress of love, and drink alone under the moon.
