Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : otgum
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Liliaceae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: star of bethlehem
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Dolden-Milchstern ; ES : culebrilla ajera ; FR : dame d' onze heures ; IT : latte di gallina ; PT : leite-de-galinha ; EN : star of bethlehem ; NL : gewone vogelmelk ;
Biological type: Perennial with bulbs
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Seedling:
- Plant propagates vegetatively (bulbs...); establishment from seedling is rare.
- A single, linear, hooked.
- Height: 10-30 cm. Plant with bulb and bulbils ; Bulb with thick and surrounding layers, joined on their lower 1/3.
- Stem erect.
- Leaves more or less spreading, channelled above and hooded, green with a broad white band shining at the middle.
- Flowers white in corymbose raceme. Bracts lengthened, acute, at first erect, then spreading after flowering. Perianth segments, ovate -elongate in outline, white with a broad green band on the middle of the back.
- Fruit : ovoid, 6-angled with equal furrows.
- Biological type: perennial with bulbs.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
Present
