草石蚕,又名“螺丝菜”、“宝塔菜”、“甘露子”,属唇形科多年生草本植物,我国华北、华东等地都有野生或栽培。其植株地下有匍匐茎,成熟时顶端膨大成螺旋状的肉质块茎,自古取以为食。大凡与人们生活关系密切的野生植物,异名往往亦多,草石蚕亦如此,除上述别名外,见诸古书者尚有“地蚕”、“石蚕”、“土蛹”、“滴露”……等异名。这些异名或取形,或取性,大抵各有所自。如《广群芳 Grass stone silkworm, also known as “screw dish”, “Pagoda dish”, “Ganluzi”, is a perennial herb Lipsaceae, China’s North China, East China and other places have wild or cultivated. Its plants have stolons underground, mature tip of the spiral inflated succulent tubers, since ancient times to feed. In addition to the above alias, see the ancient book there are still “to silkworm”, “stone silkworm”, “earth pupae”, “droppings” Lu “... ... and other names. These synonyms or take shape, or take, probably have their own. Such as ”wide group fang