What's the nickname for Selaginella?

Selaginaceae

Selaginella of Selaginaceae

Another name for Selaginella officinalis

Reviving the dead grass, cypress, cypress, jaundice Selaginella.

Distribution of Selaginella officinalis

Distributed in China, Russia's Siberia, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, India and the Philippines. Most of them are born on sunny hillside rocks or in dry rock crevices. It is produced in most parts of China. It mainly produces Shandong, Liaoning and Hebei.

Morphological characteristics of Selaginella officinalis

Selaginella officinalis is a perennial herb with erect main stem and many fibrous roots on the stem; the upper part of the plant is verticillate and branched. The leaf is scaly and arranged in a dense tile shape, the surface is green, the leaf edge has a colorless membranous edge, and the tip acuminate into a colorless long awn. Monoecious, irregular arrangement of spores, 4 yellow macrospores and orange microsporangium.

Growth habits of Selaginella officinalis

Selaginella officinalis is also called reviving grass from the dead because it can be "dead" and come back to life, which is its peculiarity. Its growing environment is very special, and it can often be found in dry rock crevices or on barren rocky slopes. When the water supply is sufficient, the branches and leaves of Selaginella officinalis stretch out after absorbing water, and it is green and lovely. Once the water supply is lost, the branches and leaves will be green and curled up as if they had withered. However, Selaginella officinalis with the survival stunt of living without water and "death" without water, not only does not die in drought, but is passed down from generation to generation.

Myths and legends of Selaginella officinalis

It is said that on the bank of Tianchi in the Kunlun Mountains, there is a kind of fairy grass that can bring the dead back to life. One year, there was a great drought among the people, and the plague was prevalent, resulting in the death of many people. The dragon girl in Tianchi could not bear the people to be affected by the disaster and secretly brought the fairy grass to the world to cure the people. When the dragon king knew about this, he angrily broke the dragon girl into the world. After her arrival on earth, Longnu became a resurrection grass, saving all living beings. The soul grass is full of vitality and can still grow after drying in water. This kind of soul grass is Selaginella officinalis.