Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : papdu
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Papaveraceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: long-headed poppy
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Saat-Mohn ; ES : amapola oblonga ; FR : pavot douteux ; IT : papavero a clava ; PT : papoila-longa ; EN : long-headed poppy ; NL : bleke klaproos, kleine klaproos ; DK : gærde valmue
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons very narrow and short (few mm long).
- First Leaves linear or rounded, then pinnate.
- Height: 20-60 cm. Plant hairy, very variable.
- Stem erect, branched, with hairs appressed above and erect below, stalked, pinnately cut with linear, lanceolate and 1-2-toothed segments. Cauline leaves sessile with an obscure terminal segment. Whitish latex.
- Flowers dull-red, relatively large. Anthers purple.
- Fruit : clavated capsule, glabrous, many times longer than broad. Flat and 4-9-rayed disk on the tip of the fruit. Seeds small, reniform, fall by pores situated beneath the disk which crowns the capsule.
- Whole plant poisonous - especially the fruit.
- Risk of confusion with Papaver rhoeas L., Papaver hybridum L. (before flowering).
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Papaver rhoeas , Papaver hybridum
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