Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Bayer Code : leghy
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Specularia hybrida (L.) A. DC.
Classification: Campanulaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: venus'-looking-glass
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Kleiner Frauenspiegel ; ES : espejo de oveja ; FR : spéculaire hybride ; IT : specchio di venere ondulato ; PT : ; EN : venus'-looking-glass ;
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons spatulate.
- Leaves entire, deeply notched.
- Height: 10-25 cm.
- Stem erect, very branched near the base, slender, short-haired.
- Leaves hispid, sessile, obovate, markedly crenulate on margins.
- Flowers purple in lax and leafy corymb -like. Few flowers sensitive to atmospheric variations: a high temperature is needed for the flowering.
- Fruit ripe: capsule 20-30 mm long, nearly constricted at the tip. Seeds elliptic circa 105 mm long, red-brown.
- Plant vulnerary and astringent.
- Rare in crops.
- Risk of confusion with Legousia speculum-veneris (L.) Chaix.
- Biological type: Annual.
Mistake with: Legousia speculum-veneris
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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