Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : chebh
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Chenopodiaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: good King Henry
Synonym(s) of Common name:all good, mercury
Name per country: DE : Guter Heinrich ; FR : chénopode Bon Henri ; IT : farinello buon-enrico ; PT : ; EN : good King Henry ;
Biological type: Perennial
- Cotyledons lanceolate to oval, 5 times longer than broad, stalked, held at an angle of 45.
- Leaves mealy when young, obtuse or acute.
- Height: 30 to 50(-80) cm. Erect.
- Leaves triangular hastate, obtuse or acute, margins sinuous, entire.
- Inflorescence mainly terminal, narrowly pyramidal and tapering, leafless except at base. Flowers mostly hermaphrodite (or female), stigmas longer, exserted.
- Fruits 1.5 to 2.2 mm in diameter, red-brown, not enclosed by the perianth. Pericarp persistent. Testa irregularly roughened.
Biological type: perennial
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
