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Qiong flower, also known as Jubaixian and butterfly flower, niuer baozhu. A deciduous semi-evergreen shrub of the honeysuckle family. It blooms between April and May, with flowers as large as a plate, white as jade. The cyme grows at the branch tips, the eight surrounding flowers are sterile flowers developed from sepals, and the center has small bisexual flowers. It is distributed in southern Jiangsu, western Anhui, Zhejiang, northwestern Jiangxi, western Hubei and southern Hunan. It is also the city flower of Yangzhou and Kunshan.

Qiong flower

Viburnum macrocephalum (original form) is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub, up to 4 m tall; bark grayish brown or grayish white; buds, young branches, petioles and inflorescences covered with grayish white or yellowish white tufted short hairs, gradually becoming hairless. The leaves gradually fall completely from the winter solstice to the following spring. Papery, ovate to elliptic or ovate-oblong, 5-11 cm long, apex obtuse or slightly pointed, base rounded or sometimes slightly cordate, margin serrulate, upper surface initially densely covered with tufted short hairs, later only the midvein hairy, lower surface covered with tufted short hairs, lateral veins 5-6 pairs, anastomosing before reaching the margin, together with the midvein slightly sunken above and raised below; petiole 10-15 mm long.

The cyme is 8-15 cm in diameter, entirely composed of large sterile flowers, the common peduncle 1-2 cm long, with 5 primary radiating branches, flowers borne on the tertiary radiating branches; calyx tube tubular, about 2.5 mm long, about 1 mm wide, hairless, calyx teeth nearly as long as the calyx tube, oblong, apex obtuse; corolla white, rotate, 1.5-4 cm in diameter, lobes round-obovate, tube very short; stamens about 3 mm long, anthers small, nearly round; pistil sterile. Flowering period April-May.

Qiong flower

Ornamental value:

Qiong flower is mainly used for ornament, and its branches, leaves and fruits can all be used as medicine, with the effects of dredging meridians and collaterals, and detoxifying and relieving itching. The stem has the medicinal effects of removing dampness and relieving itching, clearing heat and reducing inflammation, and detoxifying.

The Qiong flower has a relatively long lifespan. A Qiong flower planted during the Kangxi period of the Qing dynasty in Daming Temple in Yangzhou already has a history of more than 300 years, and is still lush today, with its grace as before, and its charm undiminished. The beauty of the Qiong flower is a beauty with a distinctive charm. It does not charm with bright flower colors, nor intoxicate with heavy fragrance. At the turn of spring and summer, when the natural world is a blaze of brilliant colors, the Qiong flower instead blooms white as jade, graceful and especially delicate and elegant; and whenever the autumn wind is bleak and the many flowers fall in profusion and wither, what the Qiong flower displays is the charming autumn scene of green leaves and red fruits. Its leaves and its fruits, red and green setting each other off, are exceptionally vivid, long-lasting and not fading, adding brilliant color and a cheerful atmosphere to the bleak autumn scene. The Qiong flower has widely spreading branches, a spherical crown, a graceful tree posture, and an elegant and distinctive tree form.

The beauty of the Qiong flower lies even more in its distinctive flower shape. Its flowers are as large as a jade basin, with eight large five-petaled flowers forming a ring, surrounding the white pearl-like small flowers in the center (the not-yet-opened bisexual small flowers), clustering around a mass of butterfly-like stamens, gently swaying under the breeze, like butterflies playing with pearls; and also like the Eight Immortals dancing, with immortal grace and charm, captivating. "A thousand true pearls hold up plain stamens, a ring of bright moon breaks the fragrant flower." When there is no wind, it is again like eight fairies around a round table, drinking tea and gathering to talk. This unique flower shape is rare among plants, so people especially love it and praise it as: "Jubaixian".

Qiong flower

The Qiong flower is the city flower of Yangzhou and one of the Three Treasures of Kunshan. Since ancient times it has had the reputation of "only Yangzhou has one plant of this flower, and none in the four seas is alike". The Qiong flower is a famous flower unique to China, and documents record that it was cultivated as early as the Tang dynasty. With its elegant posture and unique charm, as well as various legendary and romantic tales and anecdotes, it has won the deep affection of the world and the endless praise of men of letters, and is called a "rare wonderful flower and exotic herb" and "China's unique immortal flower". In 1998 the Standing Committee of the Yangzhou Municipal People's Congress passed the decision to make the Qiong flower, recommended by the general public, the city flower of Yangzhou, and two sessions of the "China Yangzhou Qiong Flower Art Festival" have been held, with considerable response. The Qiong flower is unmatched in the world. As the city flower of Yangzhou, the Qiong flower is fully deserving. The most famous thing in Yangzhou is of course the Qiong flower. The Qiong flower is renowned throughout the world for its lush leaves, abundant flowers and spotless white purity.

Flower language:

The name Qiong flower originally referred generally to flowers blooming with beautiful blossoms. "Qiong flower" is also written as "Qiong hua", and in ancient texts "hua" means "flower", while what is called qiong is fine jade. Later people generally regarded the flower language of the Qiong flower as beauty, romance, and perfect love. "Qiong flower jade tree" also originates from the delightful Qiong flower, referring to rain and fog condensing into ice layers and icicles, like a jade tree soaring in the air, with Qiong flowers in full bloom, exquisite and translucent, which meteorologists call glaze and rime, presenting a scene of jade-carved ice sculpture.