Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : meaar
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Scrophulariaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: field cow-wheat
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Acker-Wachtelweizen ; ES : trigo de vaca ; FR : mélampyre des champs ; IT : spigarola campestre ; PT : ; EN : field cow-wheat ; NL : wilde weit ;
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate.
- Leaves linear.
- Height: 15 to 50 cm.
- Stems erect, simple or with a few pairs of opposite branches, quadrangular, shortly pubescent.
- Leaves opposite, sessile, shortly pubescent, the lower ones lanceolate, entire, the upper ones (floral leaves) deeply incised into linear lobes and tinged purple.
- Flowers 20-25 mm, pink and yellow, with two lips, in cylindrical spike with purplish, deeply incised, bracts.
- Fruit: ovate capsule with two seeds, shorter than calyx.
- Rare in cultivated fields.
- Biological type: annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
