Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : poyte
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
- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-like.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, entire-margined.
- 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):
Present
Rare
Present
