Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : chefi
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Chenopodiaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: fig-leaved goosefoot
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Feigenblättriger Gänsefuß ; ES : quenopodio con hojas de chumbera ; FR : chénopode à feuilles de figuier ; IT : farinello a foglie di fico ; PT : ; EN : fig-leaved goosefoot ; NL : stippelganzevoet ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elliptical, with rounded tip, more or less petiolate.
- Entire leaves, ovate to triangular, irregularly dentate.
- Height: 30-100 cm.
- Stem erect, angular, often alternatively white and green bands. - Opposed lower leaves elsewhere alternate. Middle leaves with 3 dentate lobes, upper leaves narrow and often entire.
- Whitish green flowers. Calyx with pointed and carinate sepals, hide the fruit.
- Rounded seeds 0,8-1 mm, bright, black, with deep and slender notch. Triazine resistant populations in Germany, Sweden, Netherlands. Species rare in crops. Is rare the correct description? It is quite unusual, but quite common in parts of U.K.
- - Risk of confusion with: Atriplex patula L., Chenopodium album L., Chenopodium murale L., Chenopodium glaucum L., Chenopodium opulifolium Schrader ex KZ.. Similar to Chenopodium album at adult stage.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Atriplex patula , Chenopodium album , Chenopodium murale , Chenopodium glaucum , Chenopodium opulifolium
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
Rare
Rare
Rare
