The names "June Snow" and " June Frost " appear in the plants, which makes people feel a little strange. June itself is summer, so how can there be snow and frost? So since it is called "June Snow" and "June Frost", there must be a reason. Let me talk about these two names of plants.
1, About June Snow
In botany, the name "June Snow" comes from "Flower Glass", and is determined as the official Chinese name in "Chinese Botanical Journal"; in Plant Taxonomy belongs to the small shrub of the Radical Family White Horse Bone. Its alias include Stars, White Horse Bone, Roadside Bone, Roadside Ginger, etc. It is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces in my country. It usually grows in mixed wood forests next to rivers and hills.
1, appearance characteristics: First, small shrubs, sixty or seventy centimeters in height, smelly; second, leaves are opposite, leaf texture is leathery, ovate or inverted lanceolate, about one centimeter long, all sides of the leaf edge, hairless on both sides, short petioles;
3 is the flowers are single or clustered, without stalks, calyx tubes are inverted conical, calyx lobes are 4-6 corolla funnel-shaped, top 4-6 fissures, white or light red, stamens protrude outside the throat of the corolla, long and protruding style, two stigma, slightly separated, and the flowering period is from May to July;
fruit is spherical.
2, main uses: First, the whole plant is medicinal. According to data, it has the effects of removing wind and dampness, clearing heat and detoxifying, and can treat colds, jaundice hepatitis , nephritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases. Please follow the doctor's advice when using the medicine. In recent years, people have studied the ingredients of June snow for a lot, mainly containing a variety of chemical components such as stosterol, stigmasterol, diethyl phthalate, etc. June snow is widely used in ethnic minority medicine in southeastern and central my country, mainly for the widespread use of the Miao, Dong, Yao, Tujia and other ethnic groups to treat diseases. The medicinal value of June snow is recorded in many ancient Chinese medical books such as "Material Herbal Medicine Collection", "Lingnan Medicine Collection", and "Plant Names and Real Pictures". Second, June snow is a small shrub that blooms in summer and is relatively precious. It can be introduced and cultivated as an ornamental plant. It is a very good bonsai material.
3, name source: mainly blooms around June, with white flowers, and the names "June Snow", "Stars all over the sky", "White Horse Bone" and other names.
2, about June frost
"June Frost" is an alias for the plant, not an official name. There are two common plants called "June Frost" in botany. One is the genus Artemisia 2 of the Asteraceae family, officially called Artemisia 4;
The other is the genus Zelanaceae family, officially called Doraemon.
Regarding the basic situation of miraculous artemisia, I posted on July 15 this year that the article "Liu Jinu" is already introduced in detail, and I will not repeat it today. The following is a focus on the plant Duosuke.
More Sou Gong: Most Sou Gong comes from the Guangdong native name, which is determined as the official Chinese name in the "Chinese Botanical Records"; alias include June frost, White Sou Gong, Huazelan, Guangdong native Ashsop, etc. It is mainly distributed in the southeast and southwest of my country, and usually grows in ravines, under hillsides, forests, in shrubs, on grass slopes, around villages and in fields.
1, appearance characteristics: First, perennial herbs, seventy or eighty centimeters in height, all stems are grassy or shrub-like; the plants have many branches, branches are diagonally spread, and some of the stems are forked and umbrella-like, and all stems and branches have dirty white pubic hairs. Second, the leaves are opposite, almost sessile, and the middle leaves in the stem are ovate or broadly ovate; the upper and lower leaves of the stem gradually become smaller, and the leaves are the same as those in the middle; the leaves at the base of the stem wither when they bloom, and all leaves have neat circular sawtooths on the edges.
Third, most of the head inflorescences are arranged into scattered umbrella inflorescences on the top of the stem. The inflorescence is about thirty centimeters in diameter. The flowers are white, pink or red, and bloom after June;
lean fruit is dark brown, oval, with pentagrams, and yellow gland dots on the surface, and bear fruit from July to November.
2, main purpose: This plant is toxic, especially the leaves are more toxic; but it can be applied externally to treat carbuncles, sores, boils, and snake bites, and has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain. Please follow the doctor's advice when using medicine.
3, name source: June frost is derived from its white flowers after June;
more than erectile dysfunction name comes from Guangdong soil name, its plant body has dirty white pubic hair. In addition, it is also called Junexue, Baitou, Baihua ginger, Scale grass, etc. in Guangdong and Guangxi, and is called Artemisia erectile dysfunction in some places in Yunnan.
To sum up, June snow is the official middle name; June frost is an alias, usually referring to two types of plants: Artemisiae and Polygonum multiflorum. There is no detailed introduction to the artemisia in this article, please refer to my previous post. The above is only personal opinion. Please criticize and correct any inappropriate aspects.
(pictures are quoted from the Internet)
