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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : pohmo

Scientific name: Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desfontaines


Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous

Common name: annual beard-grass

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: ES : pajilla ; FR : polypogon de Montpellier ; IT : coda di lepre comune ; PT : rabo-de-zorra-macio ; EN : annual beard-grass ;

Biological type: Annual


Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Leaf sheath cut lilac with whitish borders.

- Leaf blade flat 150-200 times longer than wide.

- Ligule obtuse or acute, 3-8 mm long, 3-toothed and hairy.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 15-130 cm. Tillers geniculate ascending or decumbent, glabrous.

- Leaves glabrous.

- Inflorescence : dense, spike -like and hairy panicle.

- Glumes hairy at base, 2-lobed, with a subterminal and straight awn (4-10 mmm long).

- Biological type: annual.

Mistake with: Alopecurus myosuroides


Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Present    

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