Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : erpve
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Erophila krockeri Andrz, Erophila majuscula Jordan Draba obconica (De Bary) Hayek.
Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: common whitlowgrass
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Frühlings-Hungerblümchen ; ES : ; FR : drave printanière ; IT : draba primaverile ; PT : ; EN : common whitlowgrass ; NL : vroegeling ; DK : vår-gæslingblomst
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons elliptic to ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.
- Leaves entire, lanceolate, more or less toothed.
- Height: 5-15 cm. Plant more or less hairy. Principal and secondary roots slender and relatively lengthened. Very variable plant.
- Stem simple, leafless, curved-ascending, pubescent below.
- Leaves confined in a basal rosette, narrowed near the stalk. Leaves lanceolate, spatulate, not firm, green with forked hairs; no upper leaves.
- Flowers white, small in dense corymbose. Sepals (1-2.5 mm) equal at the base, petals exceeding the calyx.
- Fruit : silicule ovate or oblong, glabrous. Fruiting raceme short and loose, with spreading-erect pedicels. Seeds brown, 0.3-0.5 mm, numerous in each cell.
- Plant used in the past against whitlows. Scattering by wind, water and man.
- Biological type: Annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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Rare
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