What are the plants of Dawanhua, Powanhua and Powanhua?

Introduction to Dawanhua

Other names for Cupflower

Swallow ash, Pudi ginseng, rabbit ear grass, Fu Miao Yang, Fu Yang, , hook ear vine, morning glory

Plant morphology of cup flower

A perennial herbaceous vine, not hairy throughout, the plant is usually short, often branched from the base, with slender white roots. The stem is thin, flat and has fine ridges. The leaves at the base are oblong, with rounded apex and halberd-shaped base. The upper leaves are 3-lobed, with the middle lobe oblong or oblong-lanceolate, the side lobes nearly triangular, and the leaf base is cordate or halberd-shaped.

Flowers are axillary, pedicels are longer than petioles, bracts are broadly ovate; sepals are oblong, obtuse at apex, with a small short tip, and the inner sepals are slightly shorter; corolla is lavender or light red, campanulate, and the rim is nearly truncated or slightly cracked; stamens are nearly equal in length, filaments are enlarged at the base, adnate to the base of the corolla tube, and covered with small scales; ovary is glabrous, stigma is 2-lobed, and the lobes are oblong and flat.

Introduction to Broken Bowl Flower

Broken bowl flower

Sheep horn twist, sheep horn lotus root, sheep horn tree, sheep horn fruit, water chestnut twist, Likou flower

Breaking bowl flower plant morphology

The stem is thin, flat and has fine ridges. The base leaves are oblong, 2-3 (-5.5) cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide, rounded at the apex, hastate at the base, the upper leaves are 3-lobed, the middle lobe is oblong or oblong-lanceolate, the side lobes are nearly triangular, entire or 2-3-lobed, the base of the leaves is cordate or hastate; the petiole is 1-5 cm long.

Flowers are axillary, 1 in each, pedicels longer than petioles, with fine ridges; bracts are broadly ovate, 0.8-1.6 cm long, obtuse or acute to acuminate at the apex; sepals are oblong, 0.6-1 cm long, obtuse at the apex, with a small short tip, and the inner sepals are slightly shorter.

The corolla is lavender or light red, bell-shaped, 2-4 cm long, with a nearly truncated or slightly cracked rim; the stamens are nearly equal in length, with enlarged filaments at the base, adnate to the base of the corolla tube, and covered with small scales; the ovary is glabrous, the stigma is 2-lobed, and the lobes are oblong and flat.

Introduction to Breaking the Bowl

Broken bowl flower

Wild cotton, Hubei autumn peony

Broken bowl flower plant morphology

Perennial herb. The plant is 50 to 90 cm tall and has rhizomes. The leaves are dark green, basal, 3-compound, petiolate, and the leaflets are unlobed or 3 to 5 shallowly lobed, finely toothed, and hairy on the back.

The inflorescence is terminal, large and multi-branched, with 2 leaf-like bracts and small flowers without petals. There are 5 sepals, which are petal-shaped and densely covered with soft hairs on the outside; the flowering period is from July to September. Cultivated varieties include "Precox", "September Charm", "Purizi Henrychi", etc.

Whether it is called Dawanhua, Powanhua or Powanhua, the names are very unique and the flower shapes are similar.