Other names:
Couch Grass, Elytrigia repens
Description:
Agropyron repens (Couchgrass) is helpful in killing bacteria. Can act as a diuretic so can be useful for water retention. and can stimulates and regulates metabolism
Cultivation:
A very common species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, and northwest Africa. Other names include twitch, quick grass, quitch grass, dog grass, and quackgrass
It has creeping rhizomes which enable it to grow rapidly across grassland. The stems ('culms') grow to 40–150 cm tall; the leaves are linear, 15–40 cm long and 3–10 mm broad at the base of the plant, with leaves higher on the stems 2–8.5 mm broad. The flower spike is 10–30 cm long, with spikelets 1–2 cm long, 5–7 mm broad and 3 mm thick with three to eight florets. The glumes are 7–12 mm long, usually without an awn or with only a short one
Plant info:
Poaceae / Gramineae
Plant Longevity:
Perennial
Max height:
1500mm / 59.06
Tags: herbs, alternative medicine, Couchgrass, agropyron repens,
