Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : hetre
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Pontederiaceae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: mudplantain (U.S.A.)
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: FR : heteranthère reniforme ; IT : eterantera a fiori bianchi ; PT : ; EN : mudplantain (U.S.A.) ;
Biological type: Perennial
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- Height : 20-50 cm.
- Stem : submerged, creeping along the mud, rooting at the nodes, wrapped by thick squamiform sheaths.
- Leaves : alternate, glabrous ; blade 5x3 cm, cordate -reniform, obtuse or rounded at the apex and bilobate at the base; petiole 10-15 cm.
- Inflorescence : raceme 2-10-flowered; flowers with 6 tepals white to pale blue, united at base and forming a tube 6 to 10 mm, free in the other parts, lanceolate, sharply pointed; at anthesis, 2 outer tepals bend in towards the tube, the third bends outwards; 3 stamens, 2 small with yellow anther, the third longer with grey-blue anther.
- Fruit : capsule with many seeds.
- Risk of confusion with: Heteranthera limosa Willd.
- Biological type : perennial.
Mistake with: Heteranthera limosa
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
Rare
