In the mountains and forests of the countryside, you can often see this small plant, low and low lying on the ground, the leaves are jagged and jagged, some rough to the touch, and there is a little fluff on the leaves. Don't look at it very inconspicuous, the favorite "wild game" of rural children is estimated to be it.
The back of this plant is pure white, so the name of this flower is also called "turning white grass", which is really worthy of the name. But what is really peculiar is not his leaves, but the "chicken legs" buried under this weed.
Many people will wonder how the "chicken leg" can be buried in the ground, is this not a waste of food? Farmers who know the inside story will only laugh at the ignorance of these people. Because this "chicken leg" is not a "chicken leg", but a "baby" rhizome under the white grass.
The rhizome of the turned-over grass is not large, shaped like a "chicken leg", and it is full of mud when it is first dug out, but it can be washed and opened to reveal the white and tender core inside. Eat one in one bite, crisp and very sweet. Every season when the rhizomes are fat, children will run all over the mountain to dig and eat.
Experienced children know that peanut fields are the easiest to find. Turning white grass can not only be eaten raw, but also can be medicated, which has a good therapeutic effect on hemostasis and diabetes, and it can be said that the diabetes "nemesis". However, its length is very scattered, it is difficult to gather into large-scale planting, so many people on the market are using Weiling vegetables to counterfeit turn white grass, consumers should be very careful.