How to recognize the big leaf corns and small leaf corns?
Large-leaf Chrysanthemum and small-leaf Chrysanthemum are two varieties of Chrysanthemum, and they have certain differences in morphology, nutritional value and taste:
Morphology: large-leaf Chrysanthemum's leaves are larger and obtuse-triangular, while the edges of the leaves are irregularly serrated. Its stem is shorter, showing an upright shape, light green in color, and has white fluff. The flowers of large-leafed Chrysanthemum are yellow and small in size, showing the characteristics of cruciferous plants. The leaves of the small-leafed Coronation are relatively small, oblong or oval, with serrated edges. Its stem is longer, showing a creeping shape, dark green in color, and has white downy hairs. The flowers of Chaparral Chrysanthemum are yellow in color and large in shape, presenting the characteristics of a cruciferous plant.
Nutritional value: the nutritional value of large-leaf corns and small-leaf corns is similar, both rich in vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber and other nutrients. However, due to the larger leaves of large-leafed Chrysanthemum coronarium, its nutritional value may be slightly higher than that of small-leafed Chrysanthemum coronarium.
Taste: The taste of large-leaf corns and small-leaf corns is also different. The leaves of large-leafed Chrysanthemum coronarium are more tender and have a better texture, which is suitable for cold or stir-fried. Small-leafed Chrysanthemum coronarium leaves are older, less flavorful, suitable for cooking soup or hot pot.
Large-leaf Chrysanthemum
Annual Peng and Chrysanthemum coronarium are two common plants, they are in the morphology, growth environment and uses and so on there is a certain difference, specific as follows:
1, morphology:
Annual Peng's root is conical, with a majority of fine roots. The stem is erect, branched in the upper part, covered with short hairs, the leaves are alternate, the basal leaves are withered at the flowering stage, the lower leaves are obovate or moment-rounded, both surfaces are sparsely covered with fine hairs or the hairs in the upper part are few and rough, the mid-vein and the lateral veins are obvious, and the petiole is covered with short hairs. Heads arranged in panicles, involucres hemispherical, involucral bracts 3-layered, achenes flattened, narrowly linear.
Annual florets
And the rooted leaves of Chrysanthemum coronarium are oblong or elliptic, bipinnately divided, with the lower leaves stalked or subsessile, the middle leaves subsessile, the upper leaves sessile, and the uppermost leaves linear, entire or serrulate or y lobed. Stems erect, smooth and glabrous, branched in the upper and middle parts. Heads solitary at stem apex or few at tips of stem branches, involucre broadly campanulate, involucral bracts multilayered, inner involucral bracts broadly ovate or suborbicular, outer involucral bracts broadly lanceolate.
2, growing environment:
Annual pompom grows on mountain slopes, roadsides and fields, and is common in Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Tibet.
And Chrysanthemum coronarium grows in the roadside of mountain slopes and moist soil at an altitude of 300-2300 meters, and is commonly found in various parts of China, such as Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.
3, use:
Annual Peng whole grass can be used as medicine, can cure indigestion, gastroenteritis, bronchitis, upper respiratory tract infections, booing and wheezing, hematuria and other diseases.
And Chrysanthemum coronarium has the effect of harmonizing the spleen and stomach, facilitating bowel movement, clearing blood, nourishing the heart, lowering blood pressure, moistening the lungs and clearing phlegm, and it's also a tasty vegetable that is widely planted all over China.
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