Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : plame
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Plantaginaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: hoary plantain
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Mittlerer Wegerich ; ES : llanten mediano ; FR : plantain moyen ; IT : plantaggine pelosa ; PT : ; EN : hoary plantain ;
Biological type: Perennial
- Cotyledons rounded at apex, tapering into very short stalk.
- Leaves in a lax rosette, broadly lanceolate to ovate, with silvery hairs and parallel venation.
- Height: 5 to 40 cm. Finely pubescent.
- Leaves in basal rosette, elliptical, entire or remotely dentate, 5 to 9 veined, obtuse, very short petiole, usually densely silvery hairy.
- Inflorescence: Flower stem not furrowed, longer than leaves, 20 to 40 cm. Spike long (2 to 6 cm) and cylindrical. Bracts 2 to 3 mm, ovate, acute, with membranous margins. Flowers hermaphrodite, scented. Corolla 4 mm with white points. Stamens exserted ( 8 to 13 mm), Filaments purple, anthers lilac or white.
Fruits: 4 seeded. Seeds brown to very dark brown, faintly rugose, more or less irregularly ovate.
Biological type: perennial
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
