蕨菜在植物分类学上属凤尾蕨科。别名乌糯、如意菜、狼其。因幼叶未展开时呈拳卷状,故又名龙头菜。为多年生草本,高约1米。根状茎蔓生土中,被棕色细毛。叶大,多回羽状复叶。幼叶可食,称蕨菜,味道醇香,叶团含大量单宁,可提取栲胶;根状茎含淀粉,称蕨粉、山粉,可供食用或酿造,也供药用,有去暴热、利水等效用。 Bracken in the plant taxonomy is a fern Pteridaceae. Alias ​​Wu Nuo, wishful cuisine, the wolf. Because of young leaves were unrolled punch, it is also known as the leading dish. For perennial herbs, about 1 meter high. Rhizome creeping soil, is brown hairy. Large leaves, more back feather compound leaves. Young leaves edible, said bracken, taste mellow, leaf mass containing a lot of tannin extract can extract gum; rhizome containing starch, said fern powder, flour, available for consumption or brewing, but also for medicinal purposes, to go there Violent heat, water and other effects.