Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : aphmi
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Aphanes microcarpa B. & R. Rothmaler, Alchemilla microcarpa subsp. bonifaciensis Buser in Briq.
Classification: Rosaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: slender parsley-piert
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Kleinfrüchtiger Frauenmantel ; ES : afanes ; FR : alchemille a petites graines ; IT : Ventaglina meridionale ; PT : solda ; EN : slender parsley-piert ;
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons roundish to ovate, very small, narrowed in short petiole.
- Foliage leaves divided, the first one tri-lobed, following leaves deeply lobed to palmatifid, bristly haired.
- Height 3-8 cm (much smaller than Aphanes arvensis), whole plant hairy.
- Stem simple or branched, prostrate or ascending.
- Foliage leaves: stem leaves 3-6 mm long, palmatifid; stipules half ovate, incised-dentate, sessile.
- Flowers small, greenish, inconspicuous, in axils, surrounded by the stipules,occurs in clusters of 10-20 blossoms.
- Fruit with several seeds ; seed about 1 mm, ovate pointed, flat.
- Acidophil, prefers sandy soils.
- Biological type: annual
- Spread: in contrast to A. arvensis occurs on heavily acidic, sandy, low nutrient fields in Geat-Britain.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
Rare
Rare
