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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : neapa

Scientific name: Neslia paniculata (L.) Desvaux

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Volelia paniculata (L.) Homem.

Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: ball mustard

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Finkensame ; ES : tamarillos ; FR : neslie en panicule ; IT : neslia comune ; PT : ; EN : ball mustard ; NL : ; DK : rundskulpe

Biological type: Annual

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-like.

- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, entire-margined.

Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 25-60 cm. Plant covered with branched hairs, greyish-green.

- Stem straight, erect.

- Leaves entire or somewhat toothed, with pointed basal lobes clasping the stem, except in basal leaves ovate and attenuate into a petiole.

- Flowers light-yellow.

- Fruits : subglobose silicles, much shorter than the peduncles and very spreading.

- Rare in crops.

- Biological type: annual.

Ecological profile (click on flags): Germany   Rare     Denmark  Rare     Spain  Present     France  Rare     Italy  Present     Portugal  Rare    

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