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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : echcg

Scientific name: Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauvois

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Echinochloa crus-galli Palisot de Beauvois var. aristata S.F. Gray , Echinochloa hispídula (Retzius) Nees E. Royle , Echinochloa glabrescens Munro ex Hooker, Panicum crus-galli L.

Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous

Common name: cockspur (GB), barnyard grass (U.S.A.)

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Hühnerhirse ; ES : cola de caballo ; FR : panic pied de coq ; IT : giavone comune ; PT : milhã-pé-de-galo ; EN : cockspur (GB), EN : barnyard grass (U.S.A.) ; NL : hanepoot, NL : vogelpoot ; DK : hane spore

Biological type: Annual

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Seedling snapshotSeedling snapshotSeedling snapshot Seedling:

- Shoot rolled, leaf sheath flat.

- Leaf blade 2 to 5 times longer than broad, leaf glabrous. Ligule and auricle absent.

Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 20 to 80 cm. cespitose.

- Stem sturdy, erect or prostrate.

- Leaves glabrous broad, whitish and shiny at the base of the leaf blade.

- Inflorescence : compressed panicle, green or purple, formed of erect spikes ; coarse, spikelets hispid (3 to 4 mm), lemma mucronate or awned. Biological type: annual.

Mistake with: Echinochloa colonum , Echinochloa oryzoides , Echinochloa crus-pavonis

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

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