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Bayer Code : arzmi

Scientific name: Arnoseris minima (L.) Schweigger


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Hyoseris minima L., Arnoseris pusilla Gaertner

Classification: Compositae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: lamb's succory

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Lämmersalat ; FR : arnoseris minime ; IT : Radicchio dei montoni ; PT : amarela ; EN : lamb's succory ;

Biological type: Annual


Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons round to oval, almost sessile.

- Foliage leaves obovate, entire to lightly dentate, margin ciliated, under surface hairy, arranged in rosettes.


Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 10-30 cm.

- Stem leafless, slightly branched, hollow and widening out under the flower heads. There may be several stems coming out of one rosette.

- Foliage leaves oblong ovate, slightly dentate, margin ciliated, undersurface hairy, arranged in rosettes.

- Flower: Heads with yellow rayflowers and green sepals, about 10 cm diameter.

- Fruit : wedge-shaped, ribbed lengthwise, mostly square-headed in cross-section, greenish-yellow to shining-brown, about 1.5 mm long, without pappus.

- Acidophil and Indicator for low nutrient soils, stated as endangered in the "Red Data Book". Biological type: annual.

Spread: decreasing in cultivated areas in Great-Britain.


Ecological profile (click on flags): Germany   Rare     Denmark  Rare    

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