Fishy grass in the countryside will also be called stinking vegetable, stinking root vegetable, pig skin male, Zhu Pei Gong or cut off root. Fishy grass is very common in the countryside, fishy grass will generally be called folded ear root in Sichuan. Fishy grass is a herb that is often eaten as a wild vegetable, and in addition fishy grass can also be used as medicine. There are many aliases for Fishy Grass, the common ones are Houttuynia cordata, Dog Heart Grass, Dog Fly Grass, Folding Ear Root and Dog Point Ear.

Fishweed in the rural alias

Fishweed is a herbaceous plant, often eaten as a kind of wild food, in addition to fishweed can also be used in medicine, has a certain antibacterial and antiviral effect, in addition to fishweed alias there are a lot of common Houttuynia cordata, dog heart grass, dog fly grass, folded ear root and dog point ear these several names.

Fishweed is very common in the countryside, fishweed is generally known as folded ear root in Sichuan, in addition, in other areas, fishweed is also called stinking vegetable, stinking root vegetable, pig skin male, Zhu Pi Gong or cut off the root.

Fishy grass origin

Fishy grass is a wild plant, usually grows in the wetlands, in the valleys of the shady places will be more common, fishy grass leaves have a certain fishy flavor, in the countryside fishy grass grows in the next to the riverside or streamside places.

The distribution range of Fishweed in China is not very wide, generally Fishweed is mainly in the Yangtze River basin south of the area will be more common, these places will be more planted, usually Fishweed's main place of origin is in the city of Guanghan in Sichuan Province and its surrounding towns.

Fishy grass looks like

Fishy grass does not have other species, fishy grass stem long more curved, the stem is brownish-yellow, the leaves are mostly alternate, the texture is more brittle, the leaves are usually curled, the apex will be more pointed, the flowers are terminal, the color is usually white.