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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : panre

Scientific name: Panicum repens L.


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


Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Leaf blade 40-130 times longer than wide, more or less hairy, scabrous borders.

- Ligule short, membranous, truncate, abundantly ciliate.


Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- 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): Spain   Rare     Portugal  Present    

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