The characteristics of sunflower

1. Flowers

We can see it in many places in China, it is worth mentioning that its flowers contain a variety of colors, so if people who like this plant can try to put all its colors together, according to statistics, it has a total of nine colors, including red with five colors, yellow with two colors, and white and green with one each. In addition, its name may have a lot to do with flowers, because it blossoms because the sun shines and closes in the morning and in the evening. The flavor of this kind of flower is not strong, but it still has a light taste. Its opening hours are very long. It usually opens between May and November. Of course, if it is in Lingnan, it will be different. Here, its opening hours are all year round.

2. Leaves

There are mainly two kinds of it, and the two have a lot in common is that its branches are relatively luxuriant. One of them is called Portulaca oleracea, its leaves are also very dense, the shape of the leaves is thin cylindrical, sometimes curved, the length is not ideal, only one or two centimeters, in addition, it is hairless. And the other is called hairy purslane. Its leaves are alternate, and there are two shapes of leaves, one is cylindrical linear, the other looks like brick and stone, showing a narrow needle. The former can also be used medicinally, but it can be treated by detoxification and detumescence, while the latter can treat knife wounds by placing leaves on the wound.

3. Seeds

Its seeds also have their own characteristics, but the seeds of the two different varieties grow differently. The former is relatively small, the number is also more, the shape is the garden kidney type, the color is more, there are lead gray, grayish brown and gray black, its surface is pearl luster. And the seed of the latter is not big, not many colors, only dark brown. The two have one thing in common, that is, there are small tumors on the surface.

4. Reproduction

There are mainly two kinds of reproduction, one is sowing, the other is cutting. In addition, it has a strong adaptability to the soil, even if it is very barren, it can grow well, of course, it also has its own favorite environment, that is, sandy soil, of course, as long as its drainage function is better.