creeping thistle, which are located below the photo, is a herbaceous perennial plant, reaching a height of 120 centimeters.It is a pernicious weed, and usually grows in agricultural crops, vegetable gardens and orchards.In addition, the grass found in the ravines and on the slopes of the forest, far from roads and human habitat and on the river banks.Widespread plant has almost the entire Russian territory, as well as in Central Asia and the Crimea.
vertical creeping thistle has strong roots, from which extends a plurality of horizontal shoots, deepening already under arable layers.On the rhizome is a large amount of vegetative buds.Due to the fact that each of them grows to a depth of one and a half meters, the fight against plant often does not give positive results, and new stems appear again.Spiny leaves are elongated lancet structure.The appearance of the leaf rosette comes in the spring.Fragrant flowers plants form paniculate inflorescences.As for their color, then it is usually purple-pink or pinkish-purple.Grass thistle blooms throughout the summer and early fall, and the fruits are brown, obovate achenes.
being malicious weed and causing a lot of damage to crops cultural, plant at the same time benefit.In particular, it is a very good honey plant, in support of which comes from the fact that from one hectare of creeping thistle can get up to 140 kilograms of honey.In addition, the leaves of grass the presence of vitamin "C", and in the aerial part of its stem - a large concentration of tartaric acid, alkaloids, sugar, Holim and fatty oils.All this allows the wide use of creeping thistle in cooking.Its young stems and leaves are often added to soups.The only obstacle in this case is the presence of thorns, spines, which must be pre-cut.Eliminate possible and a bitter taste, which should soak the grass in a ten percent solution of salt water.Creeping thistle and often zasushivat fray, to winter use in soups and sauces.Now the technology is the use of plants in cooking is not thoroughly developed, so to speak about the nutritional value of the product is that it is impossible.
Another area of application is the herb medicine.The plant is among the drugs still in the ancient healers.Here are all the curative part of it - from the roots and ending leaves.Creeping thistle should be collected throughout the period of its flowering, in other words, from June to September inclusive.As an external agent is typically used herbal aqueous extract.It is used to combat skin diseases, as well as a poultice in case of hemorrhoidal cones.Broth on thistle effectively improve the metabolism and helps with head pain and nervousness.In folk medicine the plant is used to wash the skin with its various lesions.
