Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Bayer Code : galdi
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Galium pansiense subsp. divaricatum (Pourret ex Lam.) Rouy & Camus.
Classification: Rubiaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: Galium divaricatum
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Gegabeltes Labkraut ; ES : lapa divaricada ; FR : gaillet divariqué ; IT : caglio divaricato ; PT : solda ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elliptic to ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.
- Leaves entire, linear, acute at the apex.
- Height: 10-30 cm. Plant glabrous with a very slender stem.
- Stem erect, branched, 4-angled. Stem smooth above and rough below.
- Leaves 6-7 in whorls, spreading, linear-lanceolate, mucronate.
- Flowers greenish or pink, in lax cyme with very spreading to reflexed peduncles. Very slender inflorescence -divisions, circa 6-10 times broader than the little inflorescence-bracts. Corolla with spreading lobes joined just near the base. Calyx small-dentate and not persistent on the ripe fruit. Stamens developed before the style and the stigma.
- Fruit very small, wrinkled, with 2 divaricate carpels when ripe.
- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with the other species of Galium except Galium aparine L. (hooking plant).
- Biological type: Annual.
Mistake with: Galium
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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