What kind of plant is dogtail grass?

Sagittarius, also known as arhat, barnyardgrass, Setaria, etc., is an annual herb of Setaria genus of Gramineae, distributed all over China, originating in temperate and warm temperate regions of Eurasia, and now widely distributed in temperate and subtropical regions of the world. Its flower language is flower perseverance, unknown, difficult love, secret love, etc. The three dog tail grass braided, according to the size of the finger and then bent into a knot to the finger on behalf of private life.

The roots of Cynopterus chinensis are bearded, tall plants with supporting roots, culms erect or geniculate at base, 10 - 100 cm high, and 3 - 7 mm in diameter at base. Leaf sheaths lax, glabrous or sparsely pilose or verrucose, margin with longer densely pilose cilia, leaf blades flattened triangular-narrowly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. Panicle compact cylindric or base slightly distant, erect or slightly curved drooping, main axis is longer pilose, fruit gray, flowering period 5~10 months.

Cynanchum sibiricum is a common weed in dry land crops. The suitable temperature for seed germination is 15~30℃. It is spread by wind, irrigation and harvest. After winter dormancy, it germinates. It has strong adaptability, drought resistance and barren tolerance. It can grow in acid or alkaline soil.

Dog tail grass is a common harmful grass, harmful to wheat, millet, corn, cotton, beans, peanuts, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beet, potato, nursery, fruit trees and other dry crops, serious occurrence can form a dominant population densely covered field, compete for fertilizer and water, resulting in crop yield reduction, or leafhopper, thrips, aphids, small cutworm and other pests host.

Dogtail grass stalks and leaves are favorite plants for cattle, donkeys, horses and sheep. Autumn hay can also be used as fuel for cooking and heating beds. Furfural can be extracted from spikelets. The whole grass contains crude fat 2.6%, crude protein 10.27%, nitrogen-free extract 34.55%, crude fiber 34.40%, crude ash 10.60%. After boiling with water for 20 minutes, the filtrate can spray and kill vegetable insects.