Climb the mountain and come across a plant. The plant shape is beautiful and the flowers are very bright. One word immediately flashed through my mind: thistle?
If you think it's a large thistle, you're wrong. This plant, called Silk Hair Fly, is very similar to the thistle. I used to think that the big thistle was the silk hair Feilian, the silk hair Feilian was the big thistle, the silk hair Feilian and the big thistle, stupidly couldn't tell the difference! [covers face]
The flower type of the silky hairy fly and the large thistle are similar, and they both belong to the Asteraceae family, but they are different genera. The biggest difference between the two is in the stem: the thorn on the stem is Feilian, and the thorn on the stem is the thistle.
Silk hair Feilian, Asteraceae Feilian is a biennial herbaceous plant. Also known as: Fei Lian, Mu He, Fu Rabbit, Fei Qing, Fei Pheasant, Fei Lian Artemisia, etc. It is distributed all over the country. Born at an altitude of 400-3600 meters above sea level, on mountain slopes, grasslands, wastelands, riversides, underforests, etc. Garbage heaps with more nitrogen content are more suitable for its growth.
Silk hair is cheap, and the plant height can reach 1 meter; The stems are solitary or clustered, sparsely hairy, with longitudinal wings and hard spines;
The leaves are pinnately deeply lobed, the capitate inflorescence is purplish-red, without tongue-like flowers, and the lower part has sparse or denser arachnoid hairs or arachnoid cotton hairs.
Silk hair Feilian whole herb into medicine, can inhibit bacteria, insecticide, have the effect of dispersing stasis and stopping bleeding, clearing heat and dampness. The flowering and fruiting period is April ~ October.
The flower and fruit period of silk hair Feilian is from April to October, and it is also an excellent nectar source plant.