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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : agsst

Scientific name: Agrostis stolonifera L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Agrostis alba auct. non L.

Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous

Common name: creeping bent

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Flechtstraußgras ; ES : agrostide estolonifera ; FR : agrostis stolonifère ; IT : cappellini comuni ; PT : erva-fina ; EN : creeping bent ; NL : Fioringras ; DK : krybende hvene

Biological type: Perennial with stolons

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Shoot rolled, cylindrical leaf sheath.

- Leaf blade 20-50 times longer than wide, glabrous leaf.

- Ligule membranous pointed, auricles absent.

Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 8-40 cm.

- Stem smooth often prostrate and radicant.

- Leaves green, grey, glabrous and fluted, flat, short.

- Inflorescence: Panicle with clustered branches often spread out. Spikelets are clustered. All branches clustered, falling back against principal axis which give spiciform aspect.

- Fruits: caryopsis.

- Biological type: perennial with stolons.

Ecological profile (click on flags): BeneLux   Present     Germany  Present     Denmark  Present     Spain  Present     France  Present     Great Britain  Present     Portugal  Present    

 

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