It might be growing on any small plot of earth near your home, for it requires little space. It has heart-shaped leaves and reddish-purple, white or yellow blooms. Growing only knee-high, this green plant is also known as "purple jasmine" or "zhufan hua" (which means the "rice-cooking flower").
也許就在住家附近，只要有一小塊空地，就可見到這種長在野地裡，有著心型葉片，開著紫紅、白色或是黃色花朵，高約一公呎的綠色植物，因多半在煮飯時間開花，有人也稱為「煮飯花」。