In the countryside, we can always see all kinds of exotic wild plants. These wild plants are naturally grown and left unattended, they not only have tenacious vitality, but also have different values and uses, and knowing them can play a big role in life.
For example, the scientific name of the plant shared by the author today is named after its shape characteristics. Because its leaves often have three small leaves of different lengths, resembling the shape of chicken feet, and there are golden sporangia on the leaves, it is named "golden chicken feet".
There are many kinds of aliases for golden rooster feet, such as chicken foot grass, duck foot grass, mountain incense, thyme, goosefoot Venus grass, duck hemp hoof, palm foot Venus, etc., these aliases are very interesting, just like its plant is as unique, and it is very easy to recognize in the wild.
It is a fern of the family Aptaceae, which generally grows in understory wetlands, forest edges, valleys, rocks, shrubs, etc., and is mainly distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Gansu and other provinces and regions in the mainland.
Anyone who knows the golden rooster foot knows that it is a dwarf plant, about 10 to 25 centimeters tall. Although the golden rooster feet are short, the shape of the leaves is unique, at first glance it looks like a chicken's claws, like a sharp three-pronged sword, so many people call it "three-pronged sword." ”
The leaves of the golden rooster feet are grown from the roots, the petioles are very small, and when they grow up, they will split into 3 petals in the shape of "chicken feet", and there are also 5 lobes, but they are extremely rare, the lobes are linear-lanceolate, the apex is acute, and the leaf color is emerald green, which looks unique.
The leaves of the golden rooster feet not only resemble the shape of chicken feet, but at a certain time, several rows of golden sporangia will grow on the back of its paws. Although there are thousands of plants in the countryside, plants like this one that grow golden sporangia are very rare, which is also one of the characteristics of golden chicken feet.
In addition, the rhizome of the golden rooster foot is also very thin, and it is reddish-brown like the petioles. Most of the plants grow underground, but the golden rooster feet grow horizontally, so where you have it, you can see patches of golden chicken feet, like a large piece of chicken feet, which is very interesting.
Not only is the shape peculiar, but the name doesn't sound very serious, but in fact, the value of the golden chicken foot is not small, and it has high medicinal value. The whole herb of the golden rooster foot can be used as medicine, and can be picked all year round, which has the effect of clearing heat and dispelling wind, dispelling dampness and detoxification, and invigorating blood and dissipating stasis.
The medicinal value of golden chicken feet can play a great role in life, and it has certain curative effects on colds, coughs, bronchopneumonia, tonsillitis, sore throat, musculoskeletal pain, rheumatism, pediatric convulsions, heat stroke, dysentery, urinary tract infection, diarrhea, snake bites, bruises and other diseases.
Dear friends, do you have this kind of golden chicken feet in your hometown? Named because its leaves look like chicken feet, it is extremely valuable, and people who know it are looking for it. It used to be everywhere in the mountains, but due to the increasing number of people picking it, wild golden chicken feet are now rare. If you meet in your hometown, please cherish it!
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