What is the name of the wild vegetable with small yellow flowers in the field?

The wild vegetable with small yellow flowers in the field is yellow quail.

Yellow quail, an annual or biennial herb. It grows on hillsides, roadsides, forest margins and wilderness. It is distributed all over China, but also in other temperate and tropical countries in Asia.

Stem erect, leaves basal, oblanceolate, violin-shaped. Lobes with deep wavy teeth, petiole slightly winged. The flower heads have stalks and are arranged in umbrella, cone and umbrella shape; The involucre is cylindrical, the outer involucre is much smaller than the inner involucre, and the inflorescence is flat; All ligulate flowers, corolla yellow Achene is spindle-shaped, slightly flat, and its top is white. The flowering and fruiting period is from April to June. Common weeds. This is a cash crop.

Yellow quail is very similar to dandelion, especially the flowers are almost indistinguishable. The fruit is covered with a layer of white soft fluff, dancing in the breeze like a parachute, as if it were very happy and leisurely. So its flower language is-hi.

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Medicinal value of yellow quail;

1. List of Medicinal Plants in Guangxi: detumescence, pain relief and cold treatment.

2. Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Jinjiang, Fujian Province: clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting qi and relieving depression, and relieving sore throat.

3. Identification of common confused Chinese herbal medicines: antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. Treat furuncle, mastitis, tonsillitis, urinary tract infection, leucorrhea, conjunctivitis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Nutritional value: it contains high dietary fiber, nitrate and nitrite content analysis. It is a first-class pollution-free vegetable and can be safely eaten.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-yellow quail vegetables