The difference between Ampelopsis grossedentata and Rice Grass

On the hillsides of the countryside, we may see weeds such as grass and rice grass, which are so similar that many people can't tell them apart. The following is to introduce the difference between the grass and the rice grass.

Difference 1. Different families and genera

It is an annual herb of the genus Gramineae, also known as Bamboo, King Ruminant, Euphorbia, Yellow Grass, Euphorbia angustifolia, Jinzhao, Euphorbia angustifolia, Phyllostachys pubescens, Mal grass, etc. Euphorbia angustifolia is a perennial herb of Gramineae.

Second, the stem is different.

Humulus culms slender glabrous, base oblique, 30-45cm high, branched many nodes. The rice straw is slender, the base lies flat on the ground, the nodes take root, and the ascending part is 20-50 cm high.

Third, the leaves are different.

The leaves of Humulus are 2-4cm long and 8-15mm wide, the tongue is membranous, ovate-lanceolate, and the margin is ciliate. The leaves are 2-8 cm long and 5-18 mm wide, the tongue is membranous, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, with fine hairs.

Difference 4. Inflorescences are different

The raceme of Rabdosia humilis is slender, 1.5-3 cm long, 2-10 fingers arranged or clustered at the top of the culm, and the internodes of rachis are glabrous. The panicle of rice grass is 2-10 cm long, and the main axis is densely covered with verrucous base long prickly pilose.

Difference 5. Different distribution

Ampelopsis grossedentata grows on mountain slopes, grasslands and shady places; rice grass often grows under sparse forests on mountain slopes at an altitude of 740m and 2000 m.

Difference VI. Different functions

Primrose can be used as medicine, its whole grass can be used as medicine, bitter taste, flat nature, with antitussive and antipyretic, detoxifying and insecticidal effect. it is often used for chronic cough, asthma, hepatitis, pharyngitis, stomatitis, rhinitis, lymphadenitis, mastitis, ulcer scabies. Begging rice grass is generally used as feed to feed cattle and sheep, with soft grass, good palatability and rich nutrition.