Kochia scoparia seeds

Common name: Kochia. Scientific name: Kochia scoparia. 100 seeds. Kochia is a beautiful annual plant, also known as Kochia, Belvedere, Mexican Firebrush, and Mexican Firegrass. It reaches up to 1.5 meters in height under good conditions. It has an upright main stem with many lateral branches curved upward. The stems and leaves are generally green, but change to yellow, red, and brown as the plant ages and dies. The leaves are flat and variegated, up to 5 cm long and 8 mm wide, with three long veins on the underside. The leaves are usually without petioles and often have hairy margins. The young shoots are usually hairy. As the plant matures, its color often shifts from green to pale yellow, then pink, and finally to rusty brown. The flowers are solitary or in pairs, in hairy spines 5-10 mm long, along the upper parts of the shoots where the leaf and stem meet. Single seeds are pale brown, 1.5 mm wide, and found in star-shaped fruits. It propagates only by seed. This plant is cultivated as an ornamental and has been beneficial in controlling erosion of degraded soil. It contains higher levels of protein and oxalates compared to most grasses and forage plants, making it also a good fodder crop for livestock. When grown as an ornamental plant.