Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : lepca
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: field pepperwort
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Feld-Kresse ; ES : mastuerzo mayor ; FR : passerage champêtre ; IT : lepidio campestre ; PT : ; EN : field pepperwort ; NL : veldkruidkers ;
Biological type: Annual, Biennial
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- Cotyledons elongate, spoon-shaped.
- Leaves entire, deeply notched.
- Height: 20-50 cm. Plant pubescent, green-greyish.
- Stem stiff often branched near the top, candelabra-like.
- Leaves basal in rosette ; leaves alternate oblong stalked and rounded tip. Cauline leaves amplexicaule with 2 basal lobes more or less acute, dentate. Hairs smooth, grey-green.
- Flowers white, small; pedicels divergent and spread, circa 4 mm long, smooth-haired. Anthers yellow and persistent pistil.
- Fruit : silicula ovate and broad, flattened, winged in its upper part and deeply notched at the apex. Fruit ripe on very spreading pedicels; silicula at the base of the racemes often aborted.
- Plant halophilous.
- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medicus.
- Biological type: Annual or biennial.
Mistake with: Capsella bursa-pastoris
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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