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Which solar term is apricot blossom in?

Apricot flowers usually bloom around Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Apricot flower, also known as apricot tree flower. The flowering period is from March to April in spring, and the fruiting period is from June to July. Apricot flowers are solitary with open leaves and white or reddish petals. They are famous ornamental trees in China. Apricot is also an important economic fruit tree. Don't need any wind and rain. Around Tomb-Sweeping Day, apricot blossom, peach blossom, plum blossom and begonia all began to fall, and a gorgeous petal rain began to fall.

"The small building listens to the spring rain all night, and the deep alley sells apricot flowers." Apricot flowers always want to give people who go out for an outing a touching and beautiful accident in the clear spring rain. During the Qingming period, as long as it rains a little, it will naturally think of apricot flowers. "I want to get wet with my clothes, but my face doesn't feel cold." "Excuse me, where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village." Apricot flowers are always associated with clear rain.

Morphological characteristics and habitat introduction of apricot flowers;

1, morphological characteristics

Flowers solitary, 2 ~ 3 cm in diameter, opening first and then leaves; Pedicel short, long 1 ~ 3 mm, pubescent; Calyx purple-green; Calyx tube cylindrical, outer base pubescent; Sepals ovate to ovoid-oblong, apex acute or obtuse, reflexed after anthesis; Petals round to obovate, white or reddish, with short claws; Stamens are about 20~45, slightly shorter than petals; Ovary pubescent, style slightly longer or almost as long as stamens, lower part pilose.

2. Country of origin

Produced in all parts of the country, most of them are cultivated, especially in North China, Northwest China and East China, and a few areas are wild. In Yili, Xinjiang, they are wild into pure forest or mixed in Xinjiang wild apple forest, with an altitude of 3000 meters. It is also cultivated all over the world.