Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : filpy
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Compositae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: broad-leafed cudweed
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Spatelblättriges Filzkraut ; ES : hierba algodonera ; FR : cotonnière spatulée ; IT : bambagia spatolata ; PT : erva-dos-ninhos ; EN : broad-leafed cudweed ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons very narrow and short.
- Leaves entire, linear, acuminate.
- Height: 10-30 cm.
- Stem erect, very branched near the base, 2-3-angled.
- Leaves 10-15 mm, spreading, spatulate, tapered at the base, apiculate.
- Flowers white-yellowish in heads 5 mm long, heads 8-20 in clusters. Clusters globose, terminal on forks, enclosed and overtopped by 3-5 basal leaves. Involucre lanate at the base, yellowish-pointed bracts.
- Fruit : achene 0.6-1 mm long.
- Risk of confusion with species of Logfia and Gnaphalium .
- Biological type: Annual.
Mistake with: Logfia , Gnaphalium
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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