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Dew grass is the rooted whole grass of Gramineae Teff smut. Harvest in summer and autumn. Sweet in the mouth, flat in nature. It can clear away heat, relieve cough and relieve pain.
Dew grass grows in hillside grasslands, distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Gansu and other places in China. Perennial herb, 30-50 cm high. Culms tufted, erect or slightly oblique at base, compressed at base. Leaf blade linear, 10-25 cm long, 3-5 mm wide, often involute, apex long and acuminate; leaf sheath flat, sheath mouth with white pilose; ligule truncated. Panicle-shaped inflorescences, 15-18 cm long, branches close to whorled or solitary, often tortuous; spikelets slender, black spikelets, 3-8 small flowers; glumes lanceolate, apex acuminate, veined ; Palea ovate-oblong, loosely arranged, palea slightly shorter than palea, often persistent, apex truncated; anthers yellow. The flowering and fruiting period is from April to September.