Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : cvpfo
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Picris foetida Lamarck, Hostia foetida Moench.
Classification: Compositae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: stinking hawk's-beard
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Stinkender Pippau ; ES : achicoria ; FR : crépis fétide ; IT : radicchiella selvatica ; PT : almeiroa-dos-comboios ; EN : stinking hawk's-beard ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.
- Leaves entire, ovate or triangular, irregularly dentate.
- Height: 10-40cm.
- Stems erect or ascending, branched.
- Leaves pubescent, oblong, dentate, pinnatifide. Upper leaves semi-amplexicaule, notched at the base.
- Flowers : ligulate, yellow in head. Capitulum incurved before flowering, downy involucre usually glandular, peduncle with several distant bracteoles.
- Fruits : central achenes with a long and slender beak ( 8-15 mm), the marginal short-beaked, narrowly included in the bracts. White pappus.
- Plant fetid.
- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with Cichorium intybus and the other species of Crepis .
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Cichorium intybus , Crepis
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
Present
