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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : gaebi

Scientific name: Galeopsis bifida Boenninghausen


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Galeopsis tetrahit subsp. bifida

Classification: Labiatae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: bifid hemp-nettle

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Zweispaltiger Hohlzahn ; FR : galéopsis bifide ; IT : canapetta bifida ; PT : ; EN : bifid hemp-nettle ; NL : ; DK :

Biological type: Annual


Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons round-oval, auriculate, emarginate at petiole ; end rounded; petiole with 2 lines of hairs.

- Foliage leaves ovate, with 5-10 large, usually rounded teeth on both sides, softly hairy on both sides, rounded at the base.


Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height 10-50 cm.

- Stem simple or branched, heavily thickened on the nodes, bristly.

- Foliage leaves oblong -ovate, softly hairy on both sides, regularly coarsely dentate.

- Flowers lilac-red, somewhat pale, usually with white or yellow marking, smaller than G. tetrahit (crown 10-15 mm long); middle lobes of the lower lip oblong, at the front distinctly emarginate (bifid ).

- Not to be confused with Galeopsis tetrahit

- Biological type: annual

- Spread: especially in North- and East-Europe

Mistake with: Galeopsis tetrahit


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