Ordinary Blackberry , or chicken prose , or rooster millet [3] [4] ( lat. Echinóchloa crus-gálli ) - annual plant ; type species [5] of the genus Blackberry of the family Cereals ( Poaceae ).
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Botanical Description
The stalk is 15-100 cm high, branched from the base, with upright stems thickened upright or elbow-curved in the lower nodes.
Leaves up to 2.5 cm wide, glabrous, sharply rough on the edges.
The inflorescence is paniculate, dense, often one-sided, up to 20 cm long. Spikelets are single-flowered, ovate, sitting 2-4 on short legs on one side of the branches. For the most part, there are three spikelet scales, of which two are upper, often with a long spine. It blooms in July - September.
Distribution and habitat
It grows almost everywhere. It is found everywhere in Russia , except the Arctic , as weed in the fields, in vegetable gardens, gardens, near roads and housing, as well as in wet meadows along the banks of water bodies.
Economic Significance and Application
A good grazing and haying plant, can serve as food for poultry.
Varieties and Forms
- Echinochloa crus-galli var. angustifolia (Döll) Podp.
- Echinochloa crus-galli var. macera (Wiegand) Shinners
- Echinochloa crus-galli f. sabulicola (Nees) Farw.
- Echinochloa crus-galli var. sieberiana (Asch. & Schweinf.) A. Chev.
- Echinochloa crus-galli f. viridissima (Honda) Kitag.
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .
- ↑ See the TPL link in the plant card.
- ↑ Alekseev, 1971 .
- ↑ Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 24, 2nd Edition
- ↑ Entry for Echinochloa P. Beauv. (eng.) . NCU-3e. Names in current use for extant plant genera. Electronic version 1.0 . International Association for Plant Taxonomy (last updated Sept 24, 1997). Date of treatment November 21, 2010. Archived February 18, 2012.
Literature
- Gubanov I.A. et al. 136. Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. ( Panicum crusgalli L.) - Common bilberry , or Chicken millet // Illustrated identifier of plants of Central Russia. In 3 t . - M .: T-in scientific. ed. KMK, Institute of Technology. ISS., 2002. - T. 1. Ferns, horsetails, crowns, gymnosperms, angiosperms (monocotyledons). - ISBN 8-87317-091-6 . - S. 230.
- Alekseev Yu. E. et al. Grass plants of the USSR. In 2 t / Res. ed. doctor biol. Sciences Rabotnov T. A. - M .: Thought, 1971. - T. 1. - 487 p. - 60,000 copies. - S. 478.
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 24, 2nd Edition