Varieties of Ditang flowers

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Single-petaled Ditang flower

Double Ditang flower

Bai Ditang flower

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Song Huizong once said that all flowers are red and purple. The flowers in February and March are all red, red and purple. Only when the Ditang blooms, the colors are completely different. The color of Ditang is like gold, and there are actually many varieties of Ditang. , each has its own advantages.

Single-petaled Ditang flower

Single-petal Ditang flower

Ditang flower is a deciduous shrub, 1-2 meters high and rare up to 3 meters; the branchlets are green, cylindrical, hairless, often Arched and drooping, the young branches are angular.

Single-petaled Ditang flower, the flower is single-petaled, with only one layer, and is borne on the top of the current year's lateral branches. The pedicel is hairless; the flower diameter is 2.5-6 cm; the sepals are ovate-elliptical, with an acute tip. Pointed, with a small tip, entire margin, glabrous, persistent during fruiting; petals yellow, broadly oval, concave apex, 1-4 times longer than sepals.

The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruiting period is from June to August.

Double-petaled 棣棠花

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It is a variant of the single-petaled Ditang flower, a deciduous shrub, 1 to 1.5 meters high, with green, striped, and slightly zigzag branchlets.

The leaves are triangular and ovate, with a tapered apex and a nearly rounded base. They are 2 cm to 5 cm long, with heavily serrated edges. The surface is bright green, and the back is pale and slightly hairy.

The flowers are golden yellow, growing on the lateral branches, with double petals and overlapping petals. The flower diameter is 3 cm to 4.5 cm. The flowering period is from April to May. The achenes are brown and black.

Mainly distributed in southern China. There are wild species in Hunan, Sichuan, and Yunnan. They grow in hillside shrubs at an altitude of about 200-3,000 meters. They are also distributed in Japan.

白棣棠花

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Bai Ditang belongs to the Rosaceae family and belongs to the genus Gallica, also known as: Gallica, triangular grass, mountain gourd seed, nacre, and water hyacinth stem.

Deciduous shrub, with opposite rounded to slightly heart-shaped leaves, sharp and serrated edges, sparsely pubescent when young, flowers bisexual, single flower terminally borne on a new shoot, with 4 petals. , obovate, white.

There are 1-4 drupes, obliquely oval, black or brown, smooth, flowering from April to May. The fruiting period is from June to September.

The root can be used as medicine: it has the effects of nourishing blood and replenishing the kidneys. It is mainly used to treat blood deficiency and kidney deficiency.

Double Ditang flower

Bai Ditang flower

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