Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : butum
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Butomaceae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: flowering rush
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Schwanenblume ; ES : junco florido ; FR : butôme en ombelle ; IT : giunco fiorito ; PT : junco-florido ; EN : flowering rush ;
Biological type: Perennial
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- Height : 70-130 cm.
- Stem : glabrous, erect, cylindric with decreasing cross-section from the base (12 mm) to the apex (3-4 mm); rhizome creeping and producing many plants.
- Leaves : 1 mx0.5-1 cm, basal, semisheathing, triquetrous, spongy, glabrous, erect.
- Inflorescence : wide umbel at the axil of 2 oval bracts 2x1.5 cm, with 1 linear process 2-3 mm; flowers 3 cm in diam. with pinkish-white petals darker along the midrib and the outer side.
- Fruit : a whorl of 6 follicles hooked at the apex.
- Biological type : perennial.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
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