Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : linvu
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Linaria acutiloba Fischer
Classification: Scrophulariaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: common toadflax (GB), yellow toadflax (U.S.A.)
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Gemeines Leinkraut ; ES : linaria común ; FR : linaire vulgaire ; IT : linajola comune ; PT : ; EN : common toadflax (GB), EN : yellow toadflax (U.S.A.) ;
Biological type: Perennial
- Cotyledons rhomboid pointed, very short-petiolate, bluish green.
- Foliage leaves lanceolate to linear, acuminate, entire, glabrous, blue-green.
- Height 20-40 cm; plant spreads through creeping suckers.
- Stem upright, usually unbranched, sometimes branched at the base, glabrous, densely leaved, glandularly hairy at the top.
- Foliage leaves linear-lanceolate (20-60 x 1-5 mm), entire, pointed, sessile, glabrous, alternate.
- Flowers light yellow with orange palate and about 10 mm long spur, in a dense terminal raceme.
- Seed disc-shaped, 2 mm broad, 0,5 mm thick, yellowish white, later black, with a warty middle part.
- Biological type: perennial
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
Rare
Present
