What exactly is the wild vegetable in the countryside? The four differences between dandelions and dandelions!

Castanopsis thunbergii, also known as green grass and dog teeth, is a common wild vegetable in fields, wasteland and roadside. It is very adaptable and can grow under any conditions, but it will harm the growth of crops, so it is often pulled out as a weed. What exactly is the wild vegetable in the countryside? What's the difference between dandelion and dandelion?

First, what is the thorn vegetable?

1. Rabdosia angustifolia, also known as small thistles and thorns, is a perennial herb of the genus Asteraceae. It is common in rural fields, barren hills and roadsides. It has strong vitality and is mostly treated as weeds in the fields. Many people go home to feed pigs, cattle and other kinds of poultry.

2. Castanopsis thunbergii, also known as saber cabbage, is a kind of high-quality wild vegetable with a height of about 1 to 1.2 meters, with an erect stem, white fluff above, branches above, and a very short petiole, which generally blossoms and bears fruit from May to September. The flowers are long ovoid or oval in shape, white or red in color, and can be dried or eaten directly after cutting the whole grass.

3. Thistle, also known as thistle, has high nutritional value, with the effect of anti-inflammation and sterilization, heat-clearing and detoxification, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It can cure cough, upset, chest tightness and so on.

4. Rosa spinosa is a wild vegetable, which has medicinal value, but it often harms crops in dry crops such as soybean fields, wheat fields, cotton fields, etc., especially when there is a large number of growth, so it is a headache. So the farmer uncle hates this kind of vegetable most, as soon as he sees it, it will be pulled out or sprayed.

What's the difference between Cephalotaxus and dandelion?

Spinach and dandelion look very similar, so many people mistakenly think they are the same kind, but they are not. The specific differences between the two are as follows:

Difference one, different families and genera: Rabdosia spinosa is a perennial herb of the genus Asteraceae; dandelion is a perennial herb of the genus Dandelion of Compositae.

Difference 2, the shape is different: the stem of Rabdosia spinosa has many branches at the base, and their flowers are white or purplish red, which generally blossom and bear fruit from May to September, and are mostly used to feed cattle and sheep; the stem of dandelion is erect, the common state is brown or yellowish-white fluffy, usually bloom and bear fruit in April to October.

Third, the growth characteristics are different: the seeds will fall off naturally after maturity, and new life will grow in the following year; when the dandelion seeds mature, they will grow into white fluff balls, which will float to other places as soon as the wind blows, and then fall to the ground to grow.

Difference 4, the effect is different: Rosa spinosa has the effect of reducing swelling and removing blood stasis, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, it can be used to treat hypertension, traumatic bleeding, hepatitis and other diseases, especially when scraping or scratching, it can be directly mashed and applied, and the wound will heal quickly; dandelion has the effects of antibacterial, anti-tumor, cholagogic and breast-dredging, and regular consumption can improve human immunity.

Generally speaking, Rabdosia angustifolia is a kind of wild vegetable growing in the field, which is mostly used to feed poultry and can also be used as medicine. Although they look similar to dandelions, there are some differences in appearance, growth characteristics and efficacy between them, so if you look at the flowers carefully, they are still very different.