Xiao Hong plane crosses the starry sky

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Narrow leaf different-winged vine, red fruit flying, yellow flowers and stars.

The narrow-leaf Heteroptera of the genus Heteroptera of the family Polygonaceae, native to Central and South America, and cultivated in Guangdong, Guangxi and other southern regions of China. Although the name of this product is rattan, it does not seem to have a strong sense of rattan. I can only see that some of the new ones show a little twining, and they are mostly used as shrubs in the garden. It has strong adaptability, exuberant growth and resistance to pruning, and is often used as hedges or flower belts.

The stem of the narrow leaf is slender, the opposite leaf is narrow and long, the midrib is obvious, the leaf tail is pointed, the leaf shape is like willow, but it is stronger than willow leaf. The configuration of its yellow flowers and red fruits is the same as the color matching of Luanshu flowers and fruits, but it is different from the order of the first flowers and fruits, and the season is clear. Its flowers and fruits often appear on the stage together, competing with each other, even throughout the year, and are very diligent. It is hard to say whether the flowers are more colorful or the fruits are more colorful.

Many five-petal flowers will bulge into five-pointed stars, and narrow-leaf different-winged vines are no exception. In addition, the flowers are golden and dazzling, and the bulging buds are angular and clear, like golden stars blinking and waiting for them to bloom. When the five petals unfold, the golden stamens are exposed, together to draw a brilliant starry sky.

The top picture shows the narrow-leaf different-winged vine, and the lower picture shows the Luofu maple.

Seeing the red Samara with narrow leaves, I can't help thinking of Acer plants. The Luofu maple, in particular, also has bright red Samara. This makes people wonder: why are their fruits so similar? Why are there such "distant" similarities between two different families and even plants with different purposes? The APG classification system of plants reveals the relationship between the two: they converge before several branches in the evolutionary tree of angiosperms. Such similarities may be common in organisms, such as humans and monkeys, fish and even worms.

APG phylogenetic tree of angiosperms, Acer mongolica belongs to disease-free suborder, Heteroptera belongs to Golden Tiger tail order.

The red fruit of the narrow-leaf rattan is bright, like a small plane. Several to a dozen small planes gathered together, a handful of red gorgeous in the branches. When the breeze blows, the little wings tremble and tremble, as if they can rise to 90,000 miles, and the stars are bright. It seems that it can exceed the speed of light and go back to the moment of the creation of life.

Red wings, the more stars, I want to get on a small plane, take off the brightest star and give it to you.

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