The rural area is rich in resources, and the most growing is the wild plant resources, especially the wild grasses are the most common, and their vitality is extremely tenacious, whether it is the head of the village, or the front and back of the house, or the field, the roadside and so on.
Most weeds can grow as long as they encounter dirt, but there is a very peculiar growth characteristic of wild grass, it likes to grow on stone walls, and it used to be used as a weed, but now everyone is looking for it because it is very valuable.
Because the leaves of this weed grow very small, but it looks crystal clear, as if it is transparent, so everyone calls it transparent grass, a very interesting name. In fact, its botanical name is small-leaved cold-water flower.
It is native to South America and later introduced to the mainland, and is an invasive alien species, mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Taiwan and other provinces and regions in the mainland.
The small-leaved cold water flower is a kind of shady and damp tolerant plant, and it is not exposed to strong sunlight all day, so it often grows in the stone crevices on the side of the road, or in the shade and dampness on the wall. Because of its many stems and branches, and its ability to reproduce is extremely strong, we see that the small leaves of cold water flowers grow very vigorously in places.
People who know the small leaf cold water flower know that it is a dwarf herb, only about 10 cm high, and the leaves grow very small, but there are many of them, dense, and the leaves have a strip-shaped stalactite on the surface, which resembles a transparent shape, so it has another name for transparent grass and glass grass.
Such a small leaf cold water flower, its inflorescence is naturally extremely small, it is a polyumbel inflorescence dense into a near head shape, often born at the base of the leaf, when the flower opens, the leaves and inflorescence are as dense. Although the leaves of the small-leaved cold water flower grow small, the color is emerald green, like a lump of green, which is particularly beautiful.
This small, green-leaved cold water splash was not popular in the past, and was even very annoying. When the farmer wants to pull out the small leaf cold water flower, its flowers are covered with a lot of pollen, as long as it touches it, the pollen will pop out, just like putting a gift flower, so it is called "salute flower" in the folk, and it is called "salute grass" in some places.
Many of the older generation know that the young leaves of the small leaf cold water flower are also a kind of wild vegetables, which can be eaten raw or fried, and the taste is unique and has a unique flavor. It's just that now everyone's living conditions are better, but this wild vegetable is gradually forgotten.
In addition, the small leaf cold water flower also has a certain medicinal value, its whole herb can be used as medicine, with the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, diuretic and drenching, damp heat jaundice, dysentery, blood in the urine, urinary tract infection, nameless swelling and poison, boils and swelling, bruises, burns and other diseases have curative effects.
Because the small-leaved cold-water flower plant is low, the small leaf is tender and green and beautiful, and the pollen emitted is like a ceremonial flower, the landscape is very beautiful, it is a must to be used to make a potted plant, the ornamental value is extremely high, and people who understand it like to plant a pot.
Dear friends, do you have this kind of small leaf cold water flower in your hometown? It is a kind of "ceremonial flower" that grows in the cracks of the stone, which was not valued in the past, but now everyone is looking for it because it is precious. If you meet in your hometown, please cherish it.
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