The scientific name is Kochia.

Kochia:

Kochia is also known as Dima, fallen broom, broom seedling, broom grass, peacock pine, green broom, Guanyin vegetable, etc. It belongs to the Central Seed Order, Chenopodiaceae, Kochia, and Kochia species. The young stems and leaves can be eaten, and the older plants can be used as brooms.

Morphological characteristics

Annual herb, 50-100 cm tall. The plants are densely clustered, and the plant shape is oval to spherical, obovate or elliptical. The branches are many and thin, pubescent, and the stem base is semi-lignified. The stems have many branches, the leaves are linear-lanceolate, single leaves are alternate, and the leaves are linear, linear or strip-shaped. Spike-like inflorescences with small reddish-brown flowers. The flowers are extremely small and the fruit is flat and spherical. The plant is light green, and the leaves turn red in autumn. The fruit is oblate spherical.

Extended information

Origin and habitat:

Native to Europe and central and southern Asia. Distributed in most parts of Asia, Europe and mainland China. Born in ravine wetlands, river beaches, roadsides, seashores, etc. It has strong adaptability, likes temperature and light, is drought-tolerant, not cold-tolerant, has no strict requirements on soil, and is more tolerant of alkaline soil. Fertile, loose, humus-rich loam is conducive to the vigorous growth of kochia.

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