Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : ephse
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Euphorbiaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: corn spurge
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Saat-Wolfsmilch ; ES : lechetrezna del campo ; FR : euphorbe des moissons ; IT : euforbia delle messi ; PT : alforva-brava ; EN : corn spurge ;
Biological type: Annual, Perennial
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- Cotyledons elliptic to ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.
- Leaves entire, lanceolate, linear.
- Height: 10-30 cm. Plant glabrous with a tap-root.
- Stem erect, few-branched.
- Leaves scattered, spreading, lower fading at flowering. Leaves linear, long to lanceolate, mucronate, broadened above (16-28 mm). Whitish latex.
- Flowers yellow-green with yellow and long-thin-horned glands. Rhomboidal bracts. Terminal umbels with axillary flowering branches below.
- Fruit : capsule 3-angled, 3.5 mm, glabrous, ovate, wrinkled, warty and irregular. Seeds 1.5-2 mm, grey, ovate, with small pits.
- Biological type: Annual or perennial.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
Rare
Rare
