Field sow thistle is a herbaceous perennial plant that belongs to the aster family. It has the greatest distribution in Europe and North Africa. This grass is a weed and grows best in forests and fields, where it usually occupies low areas that are distinguished by humidity. In addition, she prefers nutritious soil types, although she also tolerates weak salinization. In the desert, the plant does not occur. Photos of field sow thistle are presented below.
The grass has a well-developed long root system, characterized by high fragility, which is characterized by a superficial location. At the same time, the core core root does not penetrate more than half a meter. Even three-centimeter root fragments of a plant are capable of rooting and sprouting shoots, therefore, among crops, it propagates, as a rule, only by root offspring. Field sow thistle has a straight stem, which is bare or glandular in the upper part. The shape of pollen grains is flattened, and they themselves are three-pore. The pollen of the plant is dark yellow. It should be noted that the fly in the species consists of soft white hairs, which is quite easy to separate from the achenes when the time comes. The flowering period in the grass falls on summer and autumn, and lasts for about one month.
Field sow thistle causes a lot of problems, hindering the cultivation of crops. It is considered one of the most resistant weeds of all existing. It is able to clog any of the areas with cultural crops and is often found in gardens, gardens and even in parks. Unfortunately, the plant is not at all suitable for feeding livestock, which is very reluctant to eat it because of the white milky juice in its stems. It is very difficult to fight this grass, because it is restored very quickly. The main condition is that the destruction of plants must occur before the onset of the rosette phase, because until this time the root system will not be able to recover vegetatively.
Despite the harm to agriculture, field sow thistle also has positive characteristics. First of all, in this case we are talking about the fact that he is an excellent honey plant. As practice shows, from one hectare of the field covered with this grass, an average of about 140 kilograms of honey is obtained. This is far from the only plus that field sow thistle can boast of. Useful properties of the plant make it widely applicable in medicine, including folk. In particular, its decoction is used to restore the activity of the human body after operations and serious illnesses. In addition, it is recommended to take the product with exhaustion. Honey from sow thistle has an antiseptic effect, and also helps to improve blood circulation and strengthen the immune system.
Field sow thistle is widely used in Chinese medicine. Preparations based on the roots of the plant are used to stop the blood, and also use them in the form of vitamins. In the treatment of cancer, local healers mix leaf juice with egg yolks. Fresh and boiled grass is used to prepare poultices against abscesses and painful inflammatory seals.
