Shepherd's purse is called diamondback cabbage in the south.

Shepherd's purse is a spring seasonal vegetables, has been thousands of years of history, and all over the north and south of the Yangtze River, a lot of literati and elegant people on the shepherd's purse are very favorite. Shepherd's purse, Guangzhou, known as diamondback, many aliases, there is the protection of life grass, net intestinal grass, pillow grass, chicken feet grass, blood pressure grass, Qingming grass, sweet chestnut, Xiangtian Shepherd's purse, etc., for the cruciferous family of chestnut plant shepherd's purse of the whole grass.

Types of wild shepherd's purse

1, broad-leaved shepherd's purse

Shape such as a small wave of vegetables, leaf collapse growth, plant development degree of 18 ~ 20 cm, leaf base has a deep cleavage notch, the leaf surface is smooth, the leaf color is greener, higher yield of fresh vegetables.

2, hemp leaf (flower leaf) type shepherd's purse

Leaf collapse growth, plant development degree of 15 ~ 18 cm, leaf blade pinnatisect, notch deep, finely chopped such as FeiLian leaf type, green, edible flavor is good.

3, purple red leaf caper

Leaf blade collapsed growth, plant development degree of 15 ~ 18 cm, leaf shape between the above two caper type, regardless of fertilizer and water conditions are good or bad, growing in the shade or sunny slope, highland or concave, leaf blade petiole are purple red, slightly downy on the leaf blade, adaptable, taste is good.