扁竹蓼相貌比较奇特,就像一节节被压扁的竹子,和它的名字非常贴切。然而它和竹子可是八杆子打不着的关系。它别名竹节蓼、扁茎蓼、百足草,为蓼科常绿灌木。老茎圆柱形,有节,绿色,上有纵线条(图1);幼枝扁平,多节,绿色,形似叶片(图2)。叶小或有数枚披针形叶片,基部三角楔形,托叶退化为线条状 Polygonum Polygonum looks strange, like a section of bamboo is flattened, and its name is very appropriate. However, it can not beat bamboo and eight pole relationships. It alias bamboo Polygonum, Polygonum, Prunella, polygonaceae evergreen shrubs. Old stems cylindrical, sectioned, green, with vertical lines (Figure 1); young branches flat, multi-section, green, shaped leaves (Figure 2). Leaves small or several lanceolate leaves, base triangular wedge, stipules degenerated into a line