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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : chnmi

Scientific name: Chaenorrhinum minus (L.) Lange

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Linaria minor (L.) Desf.

Classification: Scrophulariaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: small toadflax

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Kleiner Orant ; ES : becerra ; FR : petite linaire ; IT : linajola comune ; PT : erva-da-serra ; EN : small toadflax ; NL : kleine leeuwebek ; DK : liden honsetarm

Biological type: Annual

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshotSeedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons lemon shaped.

- Entire leaves, lanceolate, more or less dentate.

Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 5-25 cm.

- Stem erect, branched with glandulous hairs.

- Leaves hairy opposed then alternate, lanceolate to linear, narrowed at base into short petiole, only middle vein is visible.

- Flower purplish and yellow in leafy raceme, and propagates in short spur. Pubescent calyx.

- Fruits capsules ovoid opening at top by 2 holes. Ovoid smooth leaf sheath.

- Biological type: annual.

Ecological profile (click on flags): BeneLux   Present     Germany  Rare     Denmark  Rare     Spain  Rare     France  Present     Great Britain  Rare     Italy  Present     Portugal  Rare    

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