Galinsoga melkotsvetnaya, which is popularly known as the grass American, is a one-year early weed belonging to the family Asteraceae.The place of origin of the plant is in South America.It was from there it got to Europe and all over the place on it spread.Most often galinsogi thickets can be found on beds with perennials and near irrigated trees.The fact that the grass American, pictures which are located below the best developed in the shaded areas on the loose soil.The plant differs from most other weeds high viability.Even if it is to wrest from their interstices, it produces a large number of aerial roots, which will eventually grow back.The first sprouts can appear from March to June.
Grass American reaches 70 cm in height.Its stem is erect and has many branches.The leaves are attached galinsogi short petioles.From the beginning of summer to late autumn plant flowers and bears fruit.Typically, each of them grows five (sometimes seven) female flowers white or cream-colored.Tetrahedral achenes have a conical shape and are covered with hairs.Due white filmic letuchek seeds carried by the wind and a good distance away.It should be noted that they are characterized by their ability ripening even in those plants that had been extracted from the earth.Galinsogi development occurs throughout the entire growing season.Under favorable conditions, each plant can produce up to three hundred thousand seeds.
Despite the fact that it is a weed, grass American also has medicinal and nutritional properties (edible wild-growing form).The leaves have a grassy taste bland.Most often, they are added to salads, similar to other types of greenery.With regard to the therapeutic purpose, there can be used all the parts galinsogi.It contains elements such as stigmasterol, rubber, caffeic acid, flavonoids and others.Grass in American folk medicine used to prepare the broth, which is used for anemia, goiter, and ascites.Liqueurs roots of the plant is recommended to drink during fever.In addition, lotions of this herb are considered to wound healing.
Due to the fact that the plant is found on almost every site, usually it especially no grows.If such a need still there, then this will not have any problems.For planting galinsogi most appropriate to use the method of seedling, because its seeds germinate at different times.Young specimens are planted in rows at a distance of about 10 centimeters between them.This is done only once, after a year to begin self-seeding.The main thing is not to forget about weeding and removing unnecessary of plants that are less resilient in the initial stages of development.
Whatever it was, weeds American harms crops.To combat it is necessary to observe crop rotation, to perform timely zjablevoj and inter-row soil in plantings.As a last resort to resolve galinsogi can apply appropriate herbicides.
