Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : phlpr
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: cat's tail
Synonym(s) of Common name:timothy
Name per country: DE : Wiesen-Lieschgras ; ES : cola de Jopo ; FR : fléole des prés ; IT : codolina comune ; PT : rabo-de-gato ; EN : cat's tail ;
Biological type: Perennial
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- Shoot rolled. Leaf sheath rounded on the back, appressed to the culm, glabrous.
- Ligule up to 4 mm long, white, narrowing into little points, margin sinuate or entire. Auricles absent.
- Height: 40 to 150 cm. Loosely to densely tufted.
- Culms erect or ascending from a bent base, few vegetative shoots, basal internodes very short and usually swollen or bulbous.
- Leaves glabrous, green or greyish-green. Blade finely striate at the base.
- Inflorescence: Dense spike-like panicle, cylindrical. Spikelets one flowered. Glumes are not joined, keeled, keels fringed with stiff spreading white hairs, and forming at the tip a rigid rough awn.
Species varies greatly.
Biological type: perennial
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
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