Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : mtihy
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Minuartia tenuifolia (L.) Hiern non Nees ex C.F.P. Mort Alsine tenuifolia (L.) Crantz
Classification: Caryophyllaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: fine-leaved sandwort
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Feinblättriger Meirich ; ES : mimartia hibrida ; FR : sabline à feuilles étroites ; IT : minuartia ibrida ; PT : ; EN : fine-leaved sandwort ;
Biological type: Annual
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Seedling:
- Cotyledons very narrow and short (few mm long).
- Leaf entire, linear, acute at the tip.
- Height: 5-20 cm. Plant very variable, with a lengthened tap-root.
- Leaves lower in rosette, very small and very stout, grass-green. Leaves very narrow (less than 1 mm broad), with 5 strong veins at the base, upper 3-veined of which 2 slightly marked on the borders on fresh leaves.
- Flowers white less than 5 mm long in dichasium. Petals shorter than the sepals, narrowed at the base. Sepals green, ovate, very acute with 3 principal veins.
- Fruit : capsule linear, oblong. Seeds wrinkled.
- Biological type: annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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