This weed hangs prettier than a spider plant.

Duck grass is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu and other provinces and regions in China. Duckfoot grass, with ovate-shaped leaves, purple and green, stolon, stem rooting, spring and summer sprouting. Flowers such as butterflies, male and female symbiosis, blue under white, autumn flowers, is a very good-looking wild plant.

A brief introduction to Duck Tuocao

Duck metatarsal grass, alias: green bamboo, orchid, bamboo leaf, cockscomb vegetable, duck catch vegetable, light bamboo leaf. Grow up everywhere, born by the roadside, ditch and moist places in the wilderness, easy to collect.

1. Purple duck Tuocao

Purple duck metatarsus, also known as purple back duckweed, Hong Sanqi, Hong Qichuan, purple bamboo plum, purple golden flower and so on, scientific name Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) The family Stearn; belongs to the family Commelina and Tradescantia. Perennial herbs. Originally from North America. The plant is 30-50 cm tall and the stem is erect. Leaves simple, alternate, tufted, abaxially reddish purple. Umbels terminal, most flowers, blue-purple, but also purplish red, flowering in summer and autumn. The same genus and species are white flower purple grass, also known as hanging bamboo grass, the base is weak, trailing, long oval leaves to oval long oval, white flowers, suitable for pot hanging or elevated ornamental. Sexual preference is warm and moist, slightly hardy and sunny.

2. Blue duckweed

Blue duck metatarsus is also known as wild butterfly, half-day lotus, green bamboo, orchid, bamboo leaf, cockscomb, duck pickle, light bamboo leaf flower and so on. Its scientific name is Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn, which belongs to the family of Commelinaceae and Cyanopteris.

Blue duck grass flower is a beautiful blue, in ancient times people used it as a dye, duck grass blossomed in the morning, withered at night, a single flower has only one day, the flower language also reflects this, is considered as illusory love as morning dew. In addition, it is the lucky flower of Virgo.

Planting method of duck metatarsus

New roots can be produced in each node of Commelina communis. The stem of the plant is cut off and planted according to 5 × 10cm plant and row spacing in the whole field. Keep the soil moist after cutting. when the light is strong, shade should be built to avoid excessive water loss and death of cutting seedlings. It can take root in about 15 days. Cultivate purple leaf duckweed, generally change the basin every spring, basin soil with garden soil plus a small amount of river sand. The seedlings were maintained in a place with scattered light and cultured in a semi-shaded place in the adult stage.

The effect of Commelina communis

The taste is insipid, tender stems and leaves are succulent and can be used as vegetables. It can be collected for stir-frying or soup, or steamed with noodles between May and June. It can treat all kinds of infection and fever (single water decoction), and all kinds of bleeding, dysentery, venomous snake bite and so on. Herbs, stems oblique upward, basally protruding to the ground, sometimes rooting. Leaf blade lanceolate, with green veins. The flowers are dark blue. The bud is small, with a peduncle. Joint swelling, carbuncle swelling, sore furuncle abscess, fresh duck metatarsal grass, smashed plus a little soju, apply to the affected area, change every day.