How to identify cut spring silk

1. Blades

The leaves of the cut spring sedge are elliptical to lanceolate or ovate-oblanceolate, about 8-15 cm long and 2-5 cm wide, with acuminate apex and cuneate base. Both surfaces are glabrous, but the edges usually have ciliates.

2. Flowers

The inflorescence of the plant is a dichotomous cyme with a flower diameter of 4-5 cm and a very short pedicel. The bracts are lanceolate, the calyx is tubular, and the calyx teeth are lanceolate. Its petals are orange-red and narrowly cuneate. The flowering period is from June to July every year.

3. Rhizome

The genus Prunus is a perennial herb, about 50-90 cm tall. The roots are thin cylindrical, yellowish white, and clustered. The stems are all solitary and relatively erect.