night willow herb

Evening primrose is a vine like shrub of Asclepiadaceae and evening primrose. It is also called night fragrant flower and night orchid. It has slender branches, blooms in summer and autumn, and yellow and green flowers bloom in the evening, emitting bursts of pungent fragrance. It is mostly used to decorate courtyards, windows, pond sides and pavilion banks in the south. At the same time, it is a semi wild vegetable for food with fresh flowers and buds.

night willow herb introduction

Life habits of nocturnal incense:

Nightingale grows mostly in woodland or bushes. Like a warm, humid, sunny, well ventilated, loose and fertile environment, resistant to drought, barren, waterlogging and cold, and stop growing after falling leaves in winter; After the spring is warm, the branches have long leaves, and each node has axillary buds or flower buds. With the growth, side branches and inflorescences occur continuously. Generally, they bloom successively from May to October. The smell of flowering is fragrant, and it is more fragrant at night. Winter results

Morphological characteristics of evening primrose:

The twigs of evening primrose are soft, hairy and milky. Leaves opposite; The leaf blade is wide ovate, heart-shaped to oblong ovate, 4 ~ 9.5cm long and 3 ~ 8cm wide, the apex is short and acuminate, the base is deep heart-shaped, full-bodied, 7 ~ 9 palmate veins are basal, and there are hairs on the edge and veins. Cymose cymes axillary, with up to 30 flowers; Corolla lobes 5, rectangular round, yellow green, with clear aroma, especially at night, so it is called "nocturnal incense" and "nocturnal fragrant flower"; Corolla 5-lobed, fleshy, shorter than anther, inserted on stamen crown, apex acuminate; Pollen block 1 per chamber, elliptic, erect. The follicle is lanceolate, 7.5cm long, and the outer fruit skin is thick and glabrous. The seed is broadly ovate, about 8mm long, with white silky seed hair at the top

Nocturnal flower language:

The flower language of evening primrose is pure heart, happiness, beauty, independence and rebellion

Flower divination: you exude the flavor of the times, like adventure and exciting things, and are easy to show off, hoping to become the focus of others' eyes. You are good at showing your best side and actively covering up your shortcomings. You are just impulsive about love and forget it all later

Species classification of nocturnal incense:

There are 12 species of evening Jasmine belonging to the same genus, but only evening jasmine is cultivated and utilized, and there are few varieties, mainly including the following:

(1) Albino: single petal variety formed by budding, with pure white flowers

(2) Dwarf pearl: dwarf variety

(3) Var. Flore plenohort: double flower variety

(4) Mexican early bloomi: single valve, early-growing variety, annual flowering, with autumn as the peak

(5) Pearl: double petal variety, with stem height of 75cm-80cm, short inflorescence, many and dense flowers and short corolla

(6) Tall double: large flower double petal variety with long flower stem

(7) Variegale: the leaves are long and curved, with golden yellow spots

Uses of evening primrose:

Nocturnal incense is mainly cultivated for viewing. It has slender branches, blooms in summer and autumn, and yellow and green flowers bloom in the evening, emitting bursts of pungent fragrance. It is mostly used to decorate courtyards, windows, pond sides and pavilion banks in the south. At the same time, it is a semi wild vegetable with fresh flowers and buds for food. It has the effect of clearing the liver and brightening the eyes. It can treat redness, swelling and pain, measles, upper eye and corneal pannus, etc