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Bayer Code : panre
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: creeping witchgrass
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Kriechende Fingerhirse ; ES : grama del norte ; FR : panic rampant ; IT : panico strisciante ; PT : escalracho ; EN : creeping witchgrass ;
Biological type: Perennial
- Leaf blade 40-130 times longer than wide, more or less hairy, scabrous borders.
- Ligule short, membranous, truncate, abundantly ciliate.
- Height: 15-100 cm. Plant rhizomatous.
- Tillers erect.
- Leaves with hairy sheaths. Hairs with marked tubercled base.
- Inflorescence : erect panicle -like with filiform branches. Spikelets elliptic, 2-3 mm long. Glumes veined very unequal. Floral-glumes nearly equal.
- Biological type: perennial.
Ecological profile (click on flags): Rare Present