1. Tumbleweed is called Salsola collina in China and can be eaten. When eaten, it can be used to make soup or dry and boil water for drinking, which can supplement the nutrients of the human body, help to improve constipation, and reduce blood pressure and lipids.
2. Tumbleweed (scientific name: Salsolatragus L. English name: Tumbleweed): also known as Russian Spiny Sappan. Annual herb, 10-100 cm high, semi shrub or shrub. There are coarse hairs and papillary processes. Stems erect, rarely ascending, branched from near base, branches arcuate, occasionally prostrate near ground. Leaves alternate, sessile, filiform or narrowly linear, less than 1 mm wide, non fleshy, without swollen base, inflorescence usually spike shaped, sometimes panicle shaped; 1 flower. The fruit is utricle, spherical, and the pericarp is membranous or juicy and fleshy; Seeds transverse, oblique or erect.
3. Most people call it "tramp" on the grassland. It is a common plant in the Gobi. When drought comes, it will gather its roots from the soil and roll around in the wind. On both sides of the highway in the Gobi, they can often be seen rolling with the wind when it is windy. It is a plant with strong vitality. Nothing will let them die. One day they will find an environment suitable for their growth and then send out new branches, sprout new buds, and open rose red to lavender flowers.
