What is common milk algae?

Ordinary milk algae is a flowering plant that reaches up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) high. Native in North America has been naturalized in many other parts of the world. This species is considered invasive in some areas. For many people, however, it is an important plant, not only as an attractive garden supplement, but also as a source of habitat and food for many insect and beetle. Common milk algae is able to reproduce sexually and asexually. Sexual reproduction includes insect pollination, followed by seed production and scattering. Flowers are formed in dense clumps in shades of white to purple, which die after pollination insects. After the flowers die, seeds appear, which eventually dry and divide, release seeds for scattering. Conventional milk algae produces long pills under the soil, which are referred to as rhizomes. The separation travels from the parent plant and produces small shoots that break the soil to create a new plant that is an independent duplicate of the parent. Conventional dairy algae growsin dense, external spreading clusters due to Rhizomatous reproduction.

Creating large, dense clusters means that the plant quickly dominates and eliminates slower spread and smaller native species, which in some regions exposes some finer original types of localized extinction. Another reason for the invasive nature of this kind is that tolerant for most types of land except for heavy clay and can grow in soils that are not rich in nutrients. It is located in a wide range of habitats, from pastures and meadows, to the roads and the edges of the forests, provided there is a certain nutrient content and good drainage.

Although a common milkweed is toxic to humans, if it is consumed raw when it is properly cooked, most parts of the plant are edible and have been consumed for centuries for centuries. This plant also has a long history of use for medicinal purposes such as contraceptive, painkillers, laxative and treatment of everything for respiratory, digestive and sexually transmitted problems. It is still used as a herbal treatment for warts.

common milk algae is highly toxic to poultry; If large quantities are eaten, some other animals can be poisonous, and therefore this plant is rarely consumed by grazing animals unless other food sources are particularly rare. Many different insects, such as bees, wasps and butterflies, are attracted to conventional milk algae. Many of these species use the plant as a shelter as a primary source of food.