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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : agssa

Scientific name: Agrostis pourretti Willdenow


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Agrostis pallida auct. non With., Agrostis salmantica (Lag.) Kunth.

Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous

Common name: Agrostis pourretti

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Pourretti-Straußstraußgras ; ES : heno ahumado ; FR : agroside de Pourret ; IT : cappellini di Salamanca ; PT : erva-sapa ;

Biological type: Annual


Seedling:

- Perfoliation coiled, sheath cylindrical.

- Leaves glabrous or glabrescent. Lamina 1-2 mm wide.

- Ligule membranous oblong -pointed, auricles absent.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height : 7-50 cm.

- Stem smooth and geniculate at base.

- Leaves green without paleas and with membranous ligule, lamina flat, sheath free with margin.

- Inflorescence : panicle slack, up to 13cm with clustered spikelets (uniflores) 2-2.5mm. Glumes lanceolate, the lower approx. 1mm larger than the upper. Paleas unequal, the superior less than half the length of inferior. Awn about 3mm, inserted above the superior glume.

- Fruits : caryopsis.

- Biological type : annual.

Mistake with : Aira multiculmis


Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Rare     Portugal  Present    

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