What kind of dish is the king of wild vegetables?

The king of wild vegetables is wild amaranth.

The king of wild vegetables is very popular in the city, but it is often removed as a weed in the countryside. This kind of "king of wild vegetables", some farmers in rural areas may not know, is "wild amaranth".

Amaranth is panicum miliaceum, which grows fast because of its short growth time. Generally, it is lush in summer. Spring is the best season for wild amaranth, but the best season for collection is summer, which is too small. It is more convenient to pick tender buds and leaves in summer. Wild amaranth has long oval leaves.

The plant is about 40 cm high, green when it is young, and reddish when it grows up. It is different from ordinary weeds, with high recognition and easy identification.

After July, wild amaranth began a meeting. As a result, the flowers are not beautiful, but they are dense and the seeds are not big, but there are many. After flowering and fruiting, wild amaranth lost its value as a wild vegetable, and it was too old, with more fiber and poor taste, so it was not suitable for eating as a wild vegetable.

The origin of wild amaranth

Amaranth is distributed in Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Shanxi, Hunan and Hubei. Except Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Tibet and other provinces, they are basically distributed all over the country, but we just know whether it is or not. If you are not sure whether to issue it, you can ask the elderly at home or relatives and friends in the countryside. They may know where there is amaranth near you.