Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Bayer Code : glait
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Gladiolus segetum Ker. Gawler.
Classification: Iridaceae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: corn gladiolus
Synonym(s) of Common name:cornfield gladiolus
Name per country: DE : Saat-Siegwurz ; ES : gladiolo de campo ; FR : glaïeul des moissons ; IT : gladiolo dei campi ; PT : espadana-das-searas ; EN : corn gladiolus ;
Biological type: Perennial with corms
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- Plant propagates mostly vegetatively (corms...); establishment from seedling is rare.
- Shoot folded, leaf sheath flattened.
- Leaf blade 20-50 times longer than broad, leaf glabrous.
- Height: 40-80 cm.
- Stems erect, robust, with 3-5 leaves.
- Leaves longitudinally tapered into an acute point at the apex, on 2 rows.
- Flowers crimson or pink, 5-10 in lax raceme. Spathe of 2 unequal bracts. Perianth segments with 6 erect, unequal pieces nearly arranged in 2 lips joined in a short tube at the base. Anthers longer than the filaments. Stigmas narrow, regularly tapered until the base.
- Fruit : capsule obovatee, membranous, with 3 rounded angles, subglobose. Seeds not winged.
- Plant perennial with a stout corm, propagates with numerous bulbils produced by the corm. Its tunic is ovate -reticulate fibrous in the upper part. Cultivated as ornamental plant. Protected in Auvergne (decree 30/09/90) and Limousin (decree 01/09/89). [France].
- Biological type: Perennial with corms.
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