Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : ptlre
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Rosaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: creeping cinquefoil
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Kriechendes Fingerkraut ; ES : cinco en rama ; FR : potentille rampante ; IT : cinquefoglia comune ; PT : cinco-em-rama ; EN : creeping cinquefoil ; NL : vijfvingerkruid ;
Biological type: Perennial with stolons
Seedling:
- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-like.
- Leaves palmately divided.
Adult plant:
- Height: 30-60 cm.
- Stem : stolons blackish and thick, erect or sub-oblique. Net-work of stolons in dense carpet. Plant pubescent.
- Leaves hairy, palmate with 5 stalked leaflets. Stipules : 2 entire, 2-toothed, lanceolate. Leaflets obovate, crenate -dentate, hairy.
- Flowers yellow, (15-30 mm), axillary, isolated. Petals 5, notched, exceeding the calyx.
- Plant noxious for sheep when they eat it too much. Leaves, stems and roots astringent and vulnerary.
- Biological type: perennial with stolons.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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