climbing groundsel

Inflorescences axillary and terminal, usually less than 10, up to 50; Sepals ovate, up to 2 mm long, with sparse hairs on the edge, persistent; Petals oblanceolate or oblong, up to 2 cm long, slightly folded when flowering, scattered with yellowish translucent oil spots.

Stamens 10, alternating in length, filaments white and linear, slightly shorter than style, and few oil spots at the center and top of connective; Style green, slender, ovary long 12mm. The stigma is large, wider than or equal to the ovary, which is 2-loculed.

The fruit is orange-yellow to vermilion, long and narrow oval, thin oval, tapering at the top, with a length of 1~2cm and a width of 5 ~14 mm. After drying, many oil spots are protruding but the center is depressed, and the seeds are 1~2. The seed coat has absorbent cotton. The flowering period is from April to September, and there are also autumn and winter. The result period is from September to 65438+February.

Extended data

Senecio scandens is produced in Taiwan Province, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan and southern Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, as well as the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

Senecio scandens grows in sparse forests or dense forests in low mountains or high mountains; Common in limestone areas, there are also granite areas, and sometimes it is a single dominant species in a small area. Like warm and humid climate, drought-tolerant, not cold-resistant.

Optimum annual average temperature 15~ 18℃, highest monthly average temperature 27~29℃, lowest monthly average temperature 1~2℃, extreme minimum temperature -7℃, annual rainfall1000 ~1600 mm.

Picking full and ripe scarlet fresh fruit, kneading in clear water, removing peels, impurities and shriveled particles floating on the water surface, and air drying for later use. Sowing can be carried out in both spring and autumn, usually in spring and in March-May. When the temperature is 16℃~22℃, it germinates 25~35 days after sowing.