Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : cheop
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Chenopodium erosum Bastard
Classification: Chenopodiaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: grey goosefoot
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Schneeballblättriger Gänsefuß ; ES : ; FR : chénopode à feuilles d' obier ; IT : farinello con le foglie di viburno ; PT : couve-maltesa ; EN : grey goosefoot ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elliptic with a truncate top, more or less stalked.
- Leaves entire, ovate or triangular, irregularly dentate.
- Height: 30-100 cm.
- Stem grooved, striped with white and green, generally branched, with spreading branches.
- Leaves: the lower opposite, the later alternate. Leaves light-green above and whitish beneath. Leaves of the middle more or less rhomboid, irregularly dentate, frequently 3- lobed, obtuse or sparsely acuminate at the tip; the upper leaves very glaucous, mealy on the lower side.
- Flowers greenish, small in lax racemes. Keeled-sepals hiding the mature fruit.
- Seeds round (1.3mm), shiny,black and radially striate.
- Rare in crops.
- Risk of confusion with Chenopodium album L., Chenopodium glaucum L., Chenopodium murale L., Chenopodium ficifolium Sm.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Chenopodium album , Chenopodium glaucum , Chenopodium murale , Chenopodium ficifolium
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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Rare
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