Its leaves are like horse teeth, and its nature is like amaranth, so it is named purslane. Its Julia, red stems, yellow flowers, white roots, black seeds and five colors are also called five elements. Five colors correspond to five parties, also known as five-party grass. Durable, not easy to dry, born in water, also known as long-lived vegetables. It tastes sour, cold and nontoxic.
Extended data:
Annual herb, the whole plant is hairless. The stems are procumbent or decumbent, spreading on the ground, multi-branched, cylindrical, long 10- 15 cm, light green or light red. The stems are purplish red, and the leaves are alternate, sometimes nearly opposite. The leaves are flat and thick, obovate, like horse teeth, with a length of 1-3 cm and a width of 0.6- 1.5 cm.
The top is round or flat, sometimes slightly concave, the base is wedge-shaped, entire, the top is dark green, the bottom is light green or reddish, and the midvein is slightly convex; The petiole is thick and short.
Flowers sessile, 4-5 mm in diameter, usually 3-5 clustered branches, flowering at noon; Bracts 2-6, leaflike, membranous, suborbicular; Sepals 2, opposite, green, helmet-shaped, flat left and right, about 4 mm long, sharp at the top, raised on the back, and United at the base.
Petals 5, sparse 4, yellow, obovate, 3-5 mm long, slightly concave at the top and connate at the base; Stamens are usually 8 or more, about 65438 02 mm long, and the anthers are yellow; Ovary glabrous, style slightly longer than stamens, stigma 4-6-lobed and linear.
Capsule ovoid, about 5 mm long, dehiscent; The seeds are small, mostly oblique spherical, dark brown and shiny, with a diameter of less than 65438±0mm and small verrucous protrusions. The flowering period is from May to August, and the fruiting period is from June to September.
It is produced all over China. Born in vegetable garden, farmland and roadside, it is a common weed in the field. Widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions of the world.
Reference link: Baidu Encyclopedia-Purslane