Winter cold vegetables are annual herbs, and they are usually eaten by picking seedlings or stems and leaves. Winter cold vegetables can be planted in spring, autumn and winter, and they will germinate in about 10 days, and it is most suitable to plant them in September-1February.

Winter cold vegetables are plants of Malvaceae, so they are also called sunflower. In local areas, there are several names such as winter cold vegetables, winter amaranth, firewood vegetables and wrinkled mallow.

What does a cold dish look like?

The stems of winter cold vegetables are fluffy, the leaves are round, the base is heart-shaped, with triangular lobes, and there are serrations on the edges of the leaves. Both sides of the leaves are hairless or have sparse fuzz.

Where do winter vegetables grow?

Winter cold dishes prefer to grow in cold and humid places, and their ability to resist cold and high temperature will be poor. When planting, the requirements for soil are not strict, and they will grow well in fertile and well-drained soil, mainly in Gansu, Sichuan, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi and other places.

Efficacy and function of winter cold vegetables

Winter cold dishes are generally delicious when fried, cold or made into soup, and the taste is tender and smooth. In addition, the whole plant of winter cold dishes can be used as medicine, belonging to a cold vegetable, which has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relaxing bowels, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, and can also be used to treat gonorrhea, edema or milk obstruction.