Green life-- full of stars

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Latin name: Gypsophila (meaning "lover of alkali")

Chinese scientific name: all over the sky star, cone silk carnation

Chinese alias: Dianthus caryophyllus, Xiacao

[Origin]: Europe, Asia, North Africa

Originally from Eurasia. Zoysia silk flowers up to 50 cm (20 inches); much branched; leaves narrow, turquoise; widely cultivated, common varieties are "carmine" (Carminea, dark rose), "large white" (GrandifloraAlba; large, white) and "rose" (Rosea, light rose). The star is up to 1 meter (40 inches) high and looks like a zoysia flower, but has a thick rhizome with white to light pink flowers. Common varieties are "Compacta" (luxuriant branches and leaves), "FlorePleno" (double flower) and "Grandiflora" (large flower).

[form] full of stars, formerly known as double carnation, originated along the Mediterranean coast. It belongs to perennial perennial herbaceous flowers of Caryophyllaceae. It is an evergreen dwarf shrub with a plant height of about 65-70 cm, with slippery stems, many branches, narrow and long leaves, sessile, opposite and pink-green leaves. Whenever countless buds gather on the branches in early summer, the flowers are as thin as beans, each with 5 petals, white as clouds, slightly fragrant, like stars shining, hanging on the horizon. If you glance into the distance, it looks like clouds in the early morning and smoke in the evening, so it is also known as "Xiacao".

[habits] like warm, humid and sunny environment, more shade-resistant, cold-resistant, and grow best in well-drained, fertile and loose loam. The cultivated soil quality of slightly alkaline calcareous loam is better, and the drainage and sunshine are good. The height of the plant has been more than 20 cm, the amount of irrigation is reduced appropriately, and a little drought can promote flowering, especially poor drainage or long-term rain after flowering, and the roots are easy to rot. Sex likes warmth, avoid high temperature and humidity, and the suitable temperature for childbearing is 10-25 ℃.

[propagation and cultivation] the optimum temperature for germination is 15-20 degrees. Sowing time: autumn-early spring. The suitable temperature for growth is 10-25 degrees. Flowering period: may-July. Seedling raising: choose loose soil to make bed, sow in September, cover fine soil slightly, germinate in about 10 days, and move to cold bed before winter. Cultivation: in the following spring, the seedlings were transplanted into the open field with soil, and the seedlings were plucked once after they were planted and survived, promoting their multi-branching. When the height of the plant is more than 20 cm, the amount of irrigation is reduced appropriately, and a little drought can promote flowering. It blossoms in the middle and late May, and this species can also be directly broadcast in the open field before freezing in November or sown in early spring.

Cutting propagation is the main method. Hardwood cuttings are carried out in spring. The mature branches of the previous year are 10-15 cm long and inserted into the sand bed. Generally, they take root in about 30 days. Softwood cuttings can be used in the rainy season, select the top softwood cuttings in the current year, and take root 2-3 weeks after cuttage. When changing the basin every spring, add fresh and fertile soil, keep the basin soil moist during the growing period, and apply fertilizer once every 2 weeks to promote multiple branches and leaves and blossom. Pay attention to pruning the whole plant in autumn to maintain good plant shape. Mantianxing diseases and insect pests are mainly caused by leaf spot, which can be sprayed with 65% Dysen zinc wettable powder 600 times. Pests are harmful to aphids and red spiders, which are sprayed with 1000 times of omethoate EC.

[pest control] Stem rot and atrophy are fatal diseases. Before planting, the soil should be disinfected with formaldehyde solution. The main pests are mites and aphids, which can be sprayed with 1000 times of dicofol and 1500 times of fenvalerate.

[usage] White florets are continuous in early summer, and the flowers are luxuriant, meticulous and well-distributed. Like stars, hazy and charming, but also like covered with snow, beautiful and lovely, suitable for flower beds, roadside and flower hedge planting, but also very suitable for potted ornamental and bonsai production. The full sky star is also an indispensable filling material in the flower arrangement, and a few branches are inserted into a bunch of flowers, which adds a bit of charming beauty.

The full sky star is a flower loved by elegant people, which always contains the meaning of "pure, distant and romantic". Hundreds of delicate, flawless little flowers come together loosely, like stars in the endless night sky, hazy like fog, graceful and elegant, and as gentle and moving as the breath of a lover. The breeze blows, the fragrance is beautiful, and it is more warm.

Miss, pure, dream, really like, supporting role, but indispensable

[symbolic blood type] A

[represents constellation] Capricorn

It is better to choose flowers that are pure white and full, with few blind branches and bright green and elastic stems.

[cut flower life] 8-12 days

[gift object]

1. As a lining for roses, you can create a beautiful love story.

2. With sword orchid as a gift to the graduating students, it means "great development".

two. Medicinal plant-- Hydrocotyle

Coriander, Zhonghua coriander, Pudu coriander, star grass

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Chinese scientific name: coriander, Zhonghua coriander, Pudu coriander

English alias: star all over the sky, broken coin, Luoda, Xingzi grass

[plant morphology] coriander is a perennial dwarf herb with a smell. The stem is slender and creeping, paving the ground in patches. Leaves alternate, orbicular or reniform, 0.5~3.5cm in diam., undivided or 5-7-parted to middle, margin obtusely serrate, green above, smooth or sparsely hairy, usually pilose below; petiole slender, long 0.5~9cm. Simple umbels opposite leaves, born at nodes, umbrella westerly 0.5 cm long; involucral bracts 4-10, oblanceolate, ca. 2 mm; each umbel has 10 flowers, sessile or shortly stipitate; without calyx teeth, petals ovate, green-white. The double suspension fruit is slightly heart-shaped, flattened on the side, smooth or spotted, and the middle rib is slightly sharp. Flowering in May.

Born on wet roadsides, grasslands, hillsides, walls, riversides, streams. Distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Shaanxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan.

[harvesting] when flowers and leaves are luxuriant in summer and autumn, they are harvested, washed, dried or fresh.

[chemical constituents] contains flavonoid glycosides, phenols, amino acids, volatile oil, coumarin.

[nature] flat in nature and pungent in taste.

[functional indications] Clearing heat and diuresis, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. For acute icteric hepatitis, acute nephritis, pertussis, urinary calculi, tinea pedis, herpes zoster, conjunctivitis, erysipelas. Full of stars