Is sowthistle dandelion?

Those who come out of the countryside generally know that sowthistle and dandelion, both of which are indispensable memories of childhood. So is the bitter herb a dandelion? What's the difference between the two?

Is sowthistle a dandelion?

Sophora flavescens is not dandelion, but a common wild vegetable, which can be eaten and has certain medicinal value, because it tastes very bitter, so it is called sowthistle.

Sowthistle is also called bitter borage, the medicine is called Patrinia, synonym girl flower, deer intestines horse grass. Folk commonly known as sowthistle, alias cilantro, tea bitter pod, cabbage, geranium, no coriander and so on, because of its serpentine leaves, Shandong is also known as snake seedling. Born in the field, by the road, near the cottage. Its tender stems and leaves are rich in carotene, VB2 and VC, which can be eaten. The whole herb of Sophora flavescens is used in medicine, which has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, removing dampness and reducing blood pressure. Its tender stems and leaves can be eaten raw, or scalded with boiling water, then soaked in clear water to remove bitterness, and then cold or fried.

In fact, "bitter herb" does not refer to a certain kind of wild vegetable, but contains more than 30 species of Compositae plants. Their common characteristics are both medicine and food, using tender stems and leaves for people to eat as wild vegetables, and the taste is very bitter. Among them, purple sowthistle is the most beneficial to human health.

Second, how to distinguish between sowthistle and dandelion?

1. Leaves: vegetable leaves are long and narrow, about 8 to 20 cm long and 2 to 5 cm wide, with sparse and shallow cracks at the edge of the leaf. The dandelion leaf is longer and narrower, the leaf shape is diverse, and the edge crack is deep.

two。 Flower color: Sophora alopecuroides flowers are bright yellow, style slender, open at the top, flowering from July to March of the following year, the flowering period is longer. Dandelion flowers tend to be bright yellow, which is more colorful than the former, and the flowering period is from April to September.

Sophora frutescens and dandelion are similar, but not dandelion, there is a difference between the two.