The animal zodiac is not unfamiliar to everyone, but what are the "zodiac signs" in plants? In fact, many plant names are related to animals, and today I will unveil the mystery of the "plant zodiac" for you.
01. Sage
Alias: Yang su grass
It is an annual herbaceous plant of the genus Sage in the family Lipaceae, flowering from June to September.
The stem is erect, 30-100 cm tall, the plant is clumpy, and the plant is covered with soft hairs. The stem is four-cornered columnar and has a slightly woody lower part of the hairs. The leaves are opposite, oblong-oval, with distinct green veins, hairless on both sides, and glandular spots under the mask. Whiskers are densely rooted. Apical inflorescences, up to 15 cm or more long; smaller bracts, blue-purple, wrapped in buds before flowering; peduncles densely covered with blue-purple soft hairs. Calyx bell-shaped , blue-purple , with glandular soft hairs on the outer veins of the calyx.
In recent years, different species of sage have been common in the flower landscape of Shenzhen Park, and the strings of upright flowers resemble the tails of small mice.
02. Purple Bull
Aliases: XiaoQing, Dwarf Tea, Short Foot Saburo
It is a small shrub or subshrub of the family Purpureae, purple taurus, with a flowering period of 5-6 months, a fruit period of 11-12 months, and sometimes a fruit in May-June.
The upright stem is 30 cm long and up to 40 cm thin, unbranched, and is delicately hairy when young and glabrous later. The leaves are opposite or near-round, the leaves are papery or nearly leathery, oval to oval inverted ovate, sharply pointed at the apex, and wedge-shaped at the base.
Shenzhen International Garden Flower Expo Park (Garden Expo Park) is common in the Oriental Purple Golden Bull.
The Garden Expo also grows two special kinds of purple golden cattle - the dwarf purple golden bull and the copper potted flower
03. Tiger ear grass
Aliases: stone lotus leaf, gold thread hanging hibiscus, tiger ear
Bulbophyllum in the family Tiger's Ear, flowering and fruiting period from April to November.
It is a perennial herb growing 8–45 cm tall. The whiplash branches are slender, densely curly with long glandular hairs and scaly leaves. The stem is covered with long glandular hairs with 1-4 bract-like leaves. Basal leaves have long stalks, nearly heart-shaped, kidney-shaped to oblate-rounded leaves, blunt or sharply pointed apex, near-truncated at the base, rounded to heart-shaped, and lobed margins with irregular tooth teeth and glandular eyelashes.
The leaves of tiger ear grass are fleshy, densely covered with long soft glandular hairs, and its flattened and slightly lobed leaves resemble the ears of a small tiger.
04. Rabbit ear orchid
Rabbit ear orchid is a genus of orchids in the genus Orchid, which flowers from May to August.
Rabbit ear orchid, false bulb nearly flat cylindrical or narrow fusiform, with segments, somewhat bare, 2-4 leaves clustered at the apex, inverted lanceolate oblong to narrow oval, petiole 3-18 cm long, the flower leaf emanates from the lower lateral segment of the false bulb, upright, the inflorescence has 2-6 flowers, less reduced to single flowers or more flowers, flowers are usually white to pale green, the petals have purple chestnut midribs, and the lips have purple chestnut spots.
Its flower bracts are like a pair of small ears of a small white rabbit, light and cute, and it is not too much to call it the first cute "zodiac" in the plant.
05. Dragon's Tooth Flower
Aliases: ivory red, dragon bud flower, black flower
It is a small shrub or deciduous tree that flowers from June to November.
The draconian flowers are 3–5 m tall, with scattered spines on the stems and branches, pinnate compound leaves with 3 leaflets; the leaflets are rhomboid ovate, 4–10 cm long and 2.5–7 cm wide, tapering and blunt or caudal at the apex, broadly wedge-shaped at the base, glabrous on both sides, and sometimes spines on the upper and lower midribs of the petiole.
The keel at the top of each small petal is like blood-red fangs.
06. Snake tongue grass
Aliases: Sheep's whisker grass, snake manager
It is an annual herb of the genus Rubiaceae, with a flowering period of 6-9 months, a fruiting period of 8-10 months, a flowering period of 5-7 months, and a fruit maturity of 9 months.
The whole grass is slender, mostly branched, smooth and glabrous, gray-green. Single leaves are paraphyletic, sessile, linear, full margin, small teeth in the upper part, 2 leaves, tiny, small teeth at the apex, flowers are small, 1-2 hybrids are born in the leaf axils, no stems or short stems, the capsules are flat and spherical, there is a longitudinal groove on each side, and there are 4 calyxes at the apex.
Snake tongue grass is often found on the lawns of the park, and it is a famous herbal tea plant in Guangdong.
07. Lantana
Aliases: five-colored plum, five-colored flower, stinky grass, ruyi grass, seven-change flowers
It is a dicotyledonous plant of the family Verbenaiaceae, which flowers all year round.
Erect or vine-like shrubs, 1–2 m tall, sometimes vine-like, up to 4 m long; the stems and branches are all square in shape, with short soft hairs, usually with short, barb-like spines. The leaves are opposite, strongly odord after kneading, the leaves are ovate to ovate oblong, heart-shaped or wedge-shaped at the base, with blunt teeth at the edges, and rough wrinkles and short soft hairs on the surface. The inflorescence is 1.5–2.5 cm in diameter; the corolla is yellow or orange-yellow, turning dark red shortly after flowering. The fruit is spherical in shape, about 4 mm in diameter, and purple-black when ripe.
The flowers are small and cute, the flowers are gorgeous and changeable, elegant and pleasant, and quite charming.
08. Fescue
Alias: Ghee grass
It is a collective term for the perennial grass of the genus Sheep Spear in the family Poaceae, with about 100 species.
Perennial densely packed grass. Whiskered roots, stalks thin, erect, all within the sheath branch. Fewer knots. The leaves are coiled or needle-shaped and soft. The conical inflorescence is compacted, and the spikelets are green or purple.
Fescue is a common plant used in the park to create flowers, clumps, furry, and the leaves of some fescue varieties are blue-gray in color.
09. Monkey rejoices
It is an evergreen tree in the Family Duindae that flowers in September-November and matures in June-July of the following year.
The leaves are thin, leathery, variable in shape and size, usually oblong or narrow inverted ovate, with a short, sharp apex and a hairless petiole. The flowers are multi-clustered in the axils of the top of the branches; the flower stalk is covered with gray hairs; the sepals are broadly ovate, the petals are white, there are micro-hairs on the outside, the stamens are equally long as the petals, the ovary is oval, the flower pillars are contiguous, the capsules are of different sizes, the fruit is of different lengths, the seeds are black, shiny, the false seed coat is long, mm, yellow.
In country parks, a large fern is sometimes seen, with thick golden hair growing at the base, which is a nationally protected plant.
10. Cockscomb flowers
Aliases: cockflower, crown head
It is a dried inflorescence of the cockscomb flower of the Amaranth family, harvested and dried in the autumn when the flowers are in full bloom.
The surface is red, fuchsia or yellowish-white. Most of the small flowers are densely grown below the middle, and the bracts and tessellae that live in each flower are membranous.
In the flower landscape of the park, you can often admire the cockscomb flower, with a fiery red cockscomb on the head, the flowers are blooming, bright red as fire, warm and brilliant.
11. Golden Retriever
Aliases: Yellow-haired dog, monkey hairy head
It is a large dendritic terrestrial fern.
The rhizome is recumbent, coarse, with a large leaf at the apex, the stalk is up to 120 cm long, tan, the base is cushioned with golden fur, shiny, smooth at the upper part; the leaves are large, broadly ovate triangular, tri-pinnate division; alternate, the leaves are almost leathery or thick papery, the sporangia are born at the tip of the small veins in the lower part, the capsule lid is hard, tan, and the spores are triangular, four-sided, transparent.
12. Blue pig ears
Aliases: Blue Pig Ear, Butterfly Grass, Loose Gall Grass
It is an annual upright herb of the genus Butterfly in the family Chromaceae that flowers and bears fruit from June to December.
The stem is narrowly ribbed and glabrous, with long ovate or ovate leaves, glabrous, slightly pointed or short tapering at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, and coarsely serrated edges with short tips.
Flowers blue-purple patches, like pig ears, so the name blue pig ears, blue pig ears and other colors of flowers, in Shenzhen Park, often use blue pig ears to decorate the flower landscape, South China wild wild there are wild blue pig ears distribution.
In addition to 12 kinds of plants such as sage and purple golden bull, there are also longan, rat, phnom penh tiger tail orchid...
There are many strange plants related to animal names, and citizens and friends can see the "plant zodiac" when visiting the garden.
Tips:
Citizens and tourists are requested to plan their play time reasonably and avoid gathering of people. Please take personal epidemic prevention measures to visit the park and visit the park safely and in a civilized manner.
Source: Shenzhen Park Management Center, Beautiful Shenzhen WeChat public account