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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : poyte

Scientific name: Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L.


Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Caryophyllaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: four-leaved allseed

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Vierblättriges Nagelkraut ; ES : ; FR : polycarpe à 4 feuilles ; IT : migliarina a 4 foglie ; PT : ; EN : four-leaved allseed ;

Biological type: Annual


Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-like.

- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, entire-margined.


Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 30-60 cm. Plant with a slender root.

- Leaves 4 in whorls or opposite, with an ovate or ovate-rounded blade and very small stipules.

- Flowers greenish or whitish-green in terminal branched racemes on stem or branches. 5 petals shorter than the 5 sepals. 3-5 stamens. Each flower with a bract at the base of its peduncle.

- Fruits numerous, brown-red or reddish, curved, almost 3-angled, finely papillose.

- Rare in crops

- Biological type: annual.


Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Present     France  Rare     Portugal  Present    

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