The difference between dandelion and plantain

Dandelion is a common wild plant in the field. It blossoms a lot from April to October and floats away with the wind. It is very beautiful, but because it is similar to plantain, many people think it is the same kind. What is the difference between dandelion and plantain?

Difference 1. Different families and genera

Dandelion belongs to the perennial herbs of plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, synpetal subclass, Campanulaceae, Compositae, ligulate subfamily, chicory family, dandelion genus; plantain belongs to plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, synpetalous subclass, plantain, plantain, annual or biennial herbs.

Difference 2. Different forms

Dandelion root conical, surface brown, wrinkled, leaf margin sometimes with wavy teeth or pinnately parted, base tapering into petiole, petiole and main veins often reddish purple, scape upper purplish red, densely arachniform white villous, head, involucral bract bell-shaped, achene dark brown, long crown hair white, flowering period from April to October; plantain straight roots are long, with most lateral roots, ±fleshy, rhizome short. The leaves are rosette, prostrate, obliquely spreading or erect, the leaf blade is papery, oval, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, and the base of the petiole expands into a sheath. Peduncle longitudinally striate, sparsely white pubescent, spikes finely Terete. Capsule ovate-elliptic to conical-ovate, seeds 4-5, elliptic, ventral flat, yellowish brown to black, cotyledons arranged dorsally. The flowering period is from May to July and the fruiting period is from July to September.

Difference 3. Different places of origin

Dandelion is widely born in hillside grasslands, roadsides, fields and beaches at middle and low elevations. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Shandong, Zhejiang, northern Fujian, Taiwan, Hunan, northern Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other regions. North Korea, Mongolia and Russia are also distributed. Plantain is mainly produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang and other places. Korea, Russia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Kashmir, India are also distributed.

Fourth, the efficacy is different.

Dandelion tastes bitter, sweet and cold, returning to the liver and stomach meridians, with the effects of heat-clearing and detoxification, detumescence, diuresis, diuresis, mainly for the treatment of eczema, breast carbuncle, dysphagia, eye redness, sore throat, lung carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle, damp-heat jaundice, heat and astringent pain, etc., but do not use it if you pay attention to yang deficiency, external cold, spleen and stomach weakness. Plantain has sweet taste, cold nature, liver, kidney and bladder meridian, which has the effects of clearing heat, diuresis, expectorant, cooling blood and detoxification. it is used for edema and less urine, hot and astringent pain, summer dampness and diarrhea, phlegm-heat cough, hematemesis, carbuncle, etc., but kidney deficiency is not solid and smooth essence is prohibited.