The difference between plantain and dandelion

Plantain is an annual or biennial herb of the plantain family, also known as plantain, plantain, etc., dandelion is a perennial herb of the genus Dandelion of Compositae, also known as Huanghua Diding, mother-in-law, Hua Hua Lang, etc., widely growing in hillside grasslands, roadsides, fields and beaches in middle and low elevations, let's take a look at the differences between plantain and dandelion!

Differences in families and genera between plantain and dandelion

1. Plantain: plantain is an annual or biennial herb of plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, synpetal subclass, plantain order, plantain family, plantain genus.

2. Dandelion: dandelion belongs to perennial herbs of plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, synpetal subclass, Campanulaceae, Compositae, glossy subfamily, chicory family and dandelion.

Morphological differences between plantain and dandelion

1. Plantain: plantain has long straight roots, with many lateral roots, how much fleshy, and short rhizomes. 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.

2. Dandelion: dandelion root conical, brown surface, wrinkled, leaf margin sometimes with wavy teeth or pinnately parted, base tapering into petiole, petiole and main vein 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.

The difference between the origin of plantain and dandelion

1. Plantain: plantain is mainly produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, *, Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang and other places. Korea, Russia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Kashmir, India are also distributed.

2. Dandelion: 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, Fujian, Taiwan, Hunan, northern Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other regions. North Korea, Mongolia and Russia are also distributed.

Difference of efficacy between plantain and dandelion

1. Plantain: plantain is sweet in taste, cold in nature, returning to the liver, kidney and bladder meridian, with the effects of clearing heat, diuresis, expectorant, cooling blood and detoxification. it is used for edema, less urine, astringent pain, summer dampness and diarrhea, phlegm-heat cough, hematemesis, abscess, sore, etc., but kidney deficiency is not solid and smooth essence is prohibited.

2. Dandelion: dandelion tastes bitter, sweet and cold, returning to the liver and stomach meridian, with the effects of heat-clearing and detoxification, detumescence, diuresis, diuresis, mainly for the treatment of eczema, breast carbuncle, dysphagia, eye red, pharynx, 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.