在云南高原湖泊里,广泛地生长着一种淡水植物名叫海菜花(Ottalia acuminata),属水鳖科水车前属,它具有小巧玲珑的白色花朵,好象一团团晶萤洁白的雪花铺散在水面,构成了高原湖泊所特有的景观。海菜花一年四季都开花,虽然每朵花的花期仅一天,但花朵繁多,此开彼谢,一年四季,繁星点点,很有观赏价值。它的叶和花葶又可作菜和饲料,也是湖中草鱼的饲料。海菜花对水体污染十分敏感,凡污染稍重的水域都不能生长。 In the Yunnan plateau lakes, the widespread growth of a freshwater plant named sea cauliflower (Ottalia acuminata), is a genus of water crayfish waterwheat front, it has small white flowers, like a ball of crystal white snow flake scattered The water surface, forming the unique landscape of plateau lakes. Sea cauliflower flowering all year round, although the flowering of each flower only one day, but the flowers are numerous, thanks to this open, all year round, starry, very ornamental value. Its leaves and scallops can be used as food and feed, but also the lake grass carp feed. Sea cauliflower is very sensitive to water pollution, where the pollution of slightly heavier waters can not grow.