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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : dipte

Scientific name: Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) A. P. de Candolle

Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: perennial wall-rocket

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Feinblättriger Doppelsame ; ES : jaramago silvestre ; FR : roquette à feuilles ténues ; IT : ruchetta selvatica ; PT : ; EN : perennial wall-rocket ;

Biological type: Perennial, Annual

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons cordate tip.

- Leaves entire, deeply notched.

Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 30-80cm. Plant glabrous and glaucous.

- Stem erect, very leafy.

- Leaves: lower in rosette ; leaves pinnatifid, with lateral lobes. Leaves fleshy, glaucous, glabrous, stalked, narrow. Upper cauline leaves lanceolate -linear.

- Flowers sulphur-yellow, large, scenting, long-stalked. Sepals - spreading.

- Fruits : siliquae narrow, lanceolate-linear, dented with the seeds (25-35 x 2 mm).

- Plant with unpleasant scent.

- Biological type: Perennial but annual in crops.

Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Present     France  Present     Italy  Present    

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