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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : lytju

Scientific name: Lythrum junceum Banks & Solander


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Lythrum graefferi Ten., Lythrum meonanthum Steudel Lythrum acutangulum auct. non Lag., Lythrum flexuosum auct. non Lag.

Classification: Lythraceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: false grass-poly

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Sparriger Weiderich ; FR : lythrum de Graeffer ; IT : salcerella meridionale ; PT : salicária-dos-juncos ; EN : false grass-poly ;

Biological type: Perennial


Seedling snapshot Seedling:

-Cotyledons lanceolate, spatulate or spatulate-rhomboid, glabrous and univeined.

-Leaves entire, opposite, elliptical-lanceolate or lanceolate, attenuate at base and univeined.


Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

-Height : 20-70 cm. Plant glabrous

-Stem branched from the base, branches recumbent, rigid and spread-out.

-Leaves alternate, elliptical or linear -oblong, alternate at base, with one prominent vein.

-Flowers purple, frequently whitish, isolated,within the axis of the leaves. Petals 5-6 mm.

-Fruits contain numerous seeds, surrounded by very short oblong calyx.

- Risk of confusion with : Lythrum hyssopifolia .

- Biological type : Generally perennial.

Mistake with: Lythrum hyssopifolia


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