Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : erych
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: treacle mustard
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Acker-Schöterich ; ES : collejón ; FR : velar fausse-giroflée ; IT : violaciocca ; PT : ; EN : treacle mustard ; NL : gewone steenraket ; DK : gyldeulak hjorneklap
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons cordate at the apex.
- Leaves entire, lanceolate, more or less toothed.
- Height: 10-60 cm. Plant light-green with a principal root lengthened.
- Stem erect, branched, with 2-or 3-branched hairs.
- Leaves oblong -lanceolate, lower very often with an entire margin or irregularly notched-toothed, the upper markedly toothed and hairy.
- Flowers yellow, small, in highly flowered cymes. Sepals greenish, stigma entire or slightly notched. Pedicel 2-3 times longer than the calyx.
- Fruit : siliqua ascending all around the stem. Ripe fruit 3 cm long. Seeds brown to reddish not winged.
- Plant used against diarrhoea and dropsy. Rare in crops.
- Biological type: Annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
Rare
Present
Rare
Rare
Rare
