Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : perpr
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Dianthus prolifera L., Tunica prolifera (L.) Scop. Kohlrauschia prolifera (L.) Kunth.
Classification: Caryophyllaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: proliferous pink
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Sprossende Felsennelke ; FR : oeillet prolifère ; IT : garofanina ; PT : ; EN : proliferous pink ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons rounded, stalked.
- Leaves opposite, linear or lanceolate, mucronate.
- Height: 10-40 cm. Plant glabrous with a tap-root.
- Stem erect, slender, angular, nearly simple.
- Leaves basal in rosette. Leaves linear-acute, glabrous with a sheath as long as broad.
- Flowers light-pink, not striped, very small, enclosed in an involucre. Calyx with 5 green teeth with 5 scarious seams alternating with the 5 blunt membranous teeth. Bracts : membranous and coriaceous scale -like, as long as the calyx. Petals slightly longer than the sepals.
- Fruit : capsule elliptic.
- Biological type: annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
