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Bayer Code : arbth

Scientific name: Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynhold

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Sisymbrium thalianum Gay, Stenophragma thaliana Celakowski Arabis thaliana L. Erysimum thalianum Beck.

Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: thale cress

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Schmalwand ; ES : arabidopsis ; FR : arabette de Thalius ; IT : arabetta comune ; PT : erva-estrelada ; EN : thale cress ; NL : zandraket ; DK : almindelig gåsemad

Biological type: Annual

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshotSeedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons elongated spoon shape.

- Entire leaves, elliptical to ovate, with entire margin.

Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 10-30 cm. Plant hairy, strigose.

- Stem simple or branched, few leafy. Lower leaves in rosette; leaves obovate, dentate. Cauline leaves, often less numerous, elliptical sessile, lanceolate, dentate. Petiole glabrous at the beginning then hairy.

- Flower white and small in raceme.

- Fruits: siliqua thin, glabrous, erect raceme.

- Biological type: annual

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

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