What are the types of snow lotus?

I believe that many friends living in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau must be familiar with snow lotus, because snow lotus not only symbolizes purity and beauty, but also has good effects of nourishing yin and yang, regulating qi and blood, and treating rheumatic joint pain. However, many friends complain that they don’t have a deep enough understanding of snow lotus, so many of its classifications are not particularly clear. So what are the types of snow lotus? In the next period of time, please join me in learning the following content.

Tibetan people divide snow lotus into two types: male and female. It is said that the female can be eaten raw and has a sweet taste, while the male tastes bitter. In plant taxonomy, snow lotus is divided into two major categories: the snow lotus subgenus and the snow rabbit subgenus. There are 13 species of the subgenus Saussurea and 17 species of the subgenus Saussurea produced in Tibet, totaling 30 species.

In addition to Tibet, snow lotus is mainly distributed in Xinjiang, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The Tianshan Mountains that run across central Xinjiang are full of winding ice peaks and snow-capped ridges. The area above 4,000 meters above sea level is covered with snow all year round, known as the snow line. Snow lotus grows on cliffs below the snow line at an altitude of 3,000 to 4,000 meters. It is also distributed in Sichuan and Yunnan.

Snow lotus is a subgenus of Saussurea in the genus Saussurea.

There are many species of Saussurea, with a rough estimate of about 180 species, but only about 20 of them have the word "Snow Lotus" at the end.

Among them are: membrane-encrusted snow lotus, swollen-stalked snow lotus, red-stalked snow lotus, ball-flowered snow lotus, snow lotus, purple-bristled snow lotus, long-leafed snow lotus, Muli snow lotus, bird's nest-shaped snow lotus, blunt-bristled snow lotus, bract-leaved snow lotus, brown-flowered snow lotus, multi-sheathed snow lotus, grassland snow lotus, hairy-backed snow lotus, Tanggut snow lotus, single-flowered snow lotus, Huazhong snow lotus, felt-hair snow lotus

1. Snow lotus

2. Snow lotus

1. 3 The stem of the jellyfish snow lotus is short and thick, with densely grown leaves and long and flat petioles. The leaves are oval or obovate, with serrated edges. The upper leaves are rhombus or lanceolate, and the base extends into a wing petiole; the capitula has no peduncle, and the involucre is spherical; the flowers are purple; the achenes have two layers of pappus, which are grayish white, the outer layer is spiny, and the inner layer is feathery.

4. Three-finger snow lotus

5. Snow lotus

Snow lotus

The stem is thick, with dense brown leaves remaining at the base; the inflorescence is terminal, the bracts are ovate, nearly membranous, white or light green-yellow; the flowers are brown-purple, all tubular; the achenes are spiny.

The above paragraphs have given us a good introduction to some types of snow lotus. I believe many friends will benefit a lot after reading the above content carefully. At the same time, we have a further understanding and knowledge of snow lotus, so we can use snow lotus more specifically in our daily life. Of course, what I want to remind everyone is that we must understand the taboos of snow lotus so as to avoid some unexpected events.