Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : cyplo
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Cyperus loadius Desf., Cyperus brachystachys Presl. Cyperus longus Brot.
Classification: Cyperaceae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: galingale
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Hohes Zypergras ; ES : juncia olorosa ; FR : souchet long ; IT : zigolo comune ; PT : albafor ; EN : galingale ;
Biological type: Perennial
-Plant essentially vegetatively propagated (rhizomes...).
-Perfoliation rimose, triangular in section.
-(Leaf blade about 20-50x longer than wide), leaf glabrous.
-Does not form ligules, auricles absent.
-Height: 20-150 cm. Plant glabrous.
-Stem triangular in section. Rhizomes creeping, dense, 3-10 mm in diameter, not swollen as with tubers.
-Leaves linear carinate.
-Inflorescence : umbel surrounded at base by large leaves very much longer than inflorescence, spikelets multiflorous 4-25 mm, fused in a raceme, scaly, floral distichous, multiveined, brown-reddish; 3 stamens, 3 stigmata.
-Fruit : achenes with 3 sides.
-Especially rare in the annually cultivated fields of Portugal.
- Risk of confusion with aerial parts when in flower of Carex hirta , Cyperus esculentus , Cyperus rotundus , Scirpus maritimua .
- Biological type : Perennial with rhizomes.
Mistake with: Carex hirta , Cyperus esculentus , Cyperus rotundus , Scirpus maritimus
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
