革命草是一种野生植物,一名螃蜞菊或喜旱莲子草,又叫空心苋、水苋菜,嘉兴地区广称为湖羊草、洋马兰、革命草,温州地区称为河里藤草,亦叫水冬瓜、水杨梅,宁波地区如上虞则土称为花生藤草,各地名称不一。学名 Alternanthera philoxeroides Griseb.是属于苋科莲子草属的一种多年生宿根性草本植物。革命草茎圆而长,中空,下部匐生,上部直立水面,叶对称生于两侧;呈椭圆形,茎节间长有须根,飘浮水 Revolution grass is a wild plant, a crabgrass or Alternanthera, also known as hollow amaranth, amaranth, Jiaxing area widely known as Hu sheep grass, Yangma Lan, the revolutionary grass, Wenzhou, known as the river vine , Also known as water melon, water bayberry, as in Shangyu, Ningbo soil is called peanut cane grass, all over the different names. Scientific name Alternanthera philoxeroides Griseb. Is a perennial perennial herb belonging to the genus Amaranthus. Revolution grass stem round and long, hollow, the lower parthenium, the upper erect surface, the leaves are born on both sides of the symmetry; oval-shaped stems long between the fibrous roots, floating water