地肤为藜科地肤属的一年生草本植物,又名扫帚菜。其叶线形、扁平、嫩绿色;分枝多,枝细密,植株高度可达60～100厘米;花小,不明显,其绿叶期可持续到10月下旬。地肤喜光照,对肥水要求不严,管理粗放。耐碱土和瘠薄土壤,但在肥沃、疏松的土壤中生长旺盛,叶色纯正。另外,地肤还抗干旱,耐修剪。地肤的自播能力很强,故多用种子繁殖。如盆栽观赏,在山东一般可于4月中、下旬播种于苗床,经间苗后6月上旬上盆。地肤是直根性花卉,主根较长,小苗长至10厘米左右时进行移植成活率最高,上盆后经2 Kochia scoparia for the skin is an annual herb, also known as broom dishes. Its leaves linear, flat, tender green; branches and more branches fine, the plant height of up to 60 to 100 cm; flowers small, inconspicuous, the green leaves can be sustained until late October. To the skin like light, lax requirements for fertilizer, extensive management. Alkali-resistant and barren soils, but grow vigorously in fertile, loose soils with pure leaf color. In addition, the skin is also dry, resistant to pruning. Mud self-sowing ability is strong, so many breeding seeds. Such as potted ornamental, generally in Shandong in mid-April, late sowing in the seedbed, after the seedlings in early June on the basin. Kochia scoparia is a straight root flower, the main root longer seedlings grow to about 10 cm when the highest survival rate of transplanting, after the basin by 2