2, the golden needle flower is a perennial herb in the lily family daylily genus, also called forget-me-not, yellow cauliflower or golden needle. The petals of the golden needle flower are fat, pale yellow or golden yellow, and the top of the flower bud is dark purple, with a strong fragrance. The seeds are black with about 20 or so, and the flowering and fruiting period is between May and September, and the plant bears fruit between January and February after flowering.
3, yellow cauliflower thin stripes of flower buds can be eaten, mostly harvested in spring and fall. Just picked fresh plants, pollen contains colchicine components, in the human body is oxidized will form toxic substances to harm the human body. In the food before cooking, the stamens should be removed, and then clean the flowers, put in the water to soak, soak and put in a pot over a water, can remove colchicine.
4, the golden needle flower can be used as a flower ornamental, can be used as food to eat, can also be used in medicine. Yellow cauliflower flowers beautiful, green leaves, potted planting can be ornamental, can also decorate the house. The plant contains protein, carotene and a variety of trace elements, high nutritional value, consumption is beneficial to the human body. Golden Needle Flower is sweet and flat, slightly toxic, can also be used for medical purposes.
5, flowers like light, strong adaptability, do not pick the soil, often grow dry wasteland, slopes, fields and grasslands and other areas, the original growth in China, now in Siberia and Southeast Asia and other regions are cultivated. Golden Needle can be planted in both the southern and northern regions of China, but it grows more in Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Sichuan and Shaanxi.