Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : aegtr
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Triticum triuncale (L.) Raspail.
Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: barb goatgrass
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: ES : rompesacos ; FR : égilope à 3 arêtes ; IT : cerere allungata ; PT : ; EN : barb goatgrass ; NL : ;
Biological type: Annual
Seedling:
- Shoot rolled, cylindrical leaf sheath.
- Leaf blade 20-50 times longer than wide, leaf more or less hairy.
- Membranous, dentate ligule, short auricles.
Adult plant:
- Height: 20-30 cm. Cespitose.
- Hairy leaves, very narrow, flat, slender sharp.
- Inflorescence: spike 4-6 cm long which contain 4-7 spikelets. Each spikelet contain 3-4 pale green florets, slightly glaucous. Oblong glumes not bulbose with 2-3 awns. Shedding at every knot of basal spikelet.
- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with all others species of Aegilops genus.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Aegilops geniculata
Ecological profile:
Rare
Present
Rare
Rare
