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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : aoxpu

Scientific name: Anthoxanthum aristatum Boissier


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Anthoxanthum puelli Lecoq & Lamotte

Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous

Common name: annual vernal-grass

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Acker-Ruchgras ; ES : antoxanto aristado ; FR : flouve annuelle ; IT : paleo aristato ; PT : feno-de-cheiro-anual ; EN : annual vernal-grass ; NL : slofhak ;

Biological type: Annual


Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Shoot rolled, leaf sheath cylindrical.

- Lamina 20-50 times longer than wide, leaf more or less hairy.

- Ligule membranous cut, auricles absent, tuft of hairs on each side of lamina.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 5-40 cm. Cespitose.

- Stem glabrous or slightly hairy, slender often branched at the base.

- Leaves narrow 2-4mm.

- Inflorescence: short panicle (1-3 cm), thin, slack. Spikelet about 5 mm whitish-green, lemmas of sterile florets and fertile florets possess different types of awns.

- Meadow plant, plant having high smell of coumarin. Species decreasing in crops.

- Biological type: annual.


Ecological profile (click on flags): BeneLux   Present     Germany  Rare     France  Rare     Portugal  Present    

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