The color of water chestnut is too dazzling.
Once, when the spring breeze was blowing on my face, I went to visit the Xiangshan Scenic Area in Jingmen, and at first sight I was attracted by the yellow flowers on a large lawn. Although I don't know whether it is water chestnut or poisonous, I still can't help taking a lot of photos.
Water chestnut should not be too exciting!
Bright colors. Its flowers have many colors: cinnamon, milky white, orange yellow, yellow, rose red, light pink and so on. , but yellow is common. There are orange spots on the bottom. It is extremely dazzling on the green lawn.
These flowers are elegant. Its flowers are solitary at the top of stems and branches. Pedicel is 5- 15 cm long. The container is concave and funnel-shaped. When flowering, it becomes cup-shaped, 4-petalled, and triangular fan-shaped. The beauty lies in its upright stems, and the flowers are solitary at the top of the stems and branches, giving people a feeling of lightness, slimness and grace.
The leaves are beautiful in shape. It has been many years.
Grass, blue-gray hairless plant, 30-60 cm high, with erect stems and branches. Although there are not many leaves, the petiole is slender, light green with gray and bright luster.
Open the door on sunny days. Water chestnut likes warm light, but the temperature is preferably above 35 degrees. Shade at dawn in summer, avoid waterlogging and don't apply too much fertilizer. Its flowering period is from April to August, and from spring to summer. Strangely enough, its flowers bloom on sunny days and close on cloudy days or in the evening.
A little toxic. Including seeds, have certain toxicity. So it's best not to leave it at home. But treating swelling and pain is toxic.
Water chestnut is also called California poppy, ginseng flower and honeysuckle. Now it has been widely planted in flower belts, flower diameters and lawns.
I don't know if it's because it's poisonous. The flower language of such a gorgeous flower is: promise me, don't refuse me!