Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : aiuch
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Ajuga chamaepitys L., Teucrium chamaepitys L., Camaepitys vulgaris Link Chamaepitys trifida Dumortier
Classification: Labiatae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: ground pine
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Gelber Günsel ; ES : hierba felera ; FR : bugle petit-pin ; IT : iva artritica ; PT : abiga ; EN : ground pine ;
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons elliptical to ovate, with rounded tips, more or less petiolate.
- Entire leaves, elliptical to ovate, regularly dentate.
- Height 10 20 cm. Hairy plant, rough entirely herbaceous with strong smell.
- Stem palmate, erect or prostrate.
- Lower leaves in rosette; leaves ovate hairy, rough. Leaves deeply divided in 3 segments spread one from other. Later leaves sometimes moderately indented.
- Flowers vivid yellow (5 20mm). Solitary flowers in axil. Corolla marked by 4 small reddish stains. Upper lips very short.
- Fruit: mericarps (2,5 3 x 1 mm). The 4 parts of the fruit rounded at tips without hair, wrinkly on surface.
- Aperitive plant, tonic, febrifuge, used against apoplexy. Frequency: rare in crops.
- Biological type: annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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Rare
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