Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : saipr
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Caryophyllaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: procumbent pearlwort (GB), birdseye pearlwort (U.S.A.)
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Niederliegendes Mastkraut ; FR : sagine couchée ; IT : sagina sdraiata ; PT : planta-molhada ; EN : procumbent pearlwort (GB), EN : birdseye pearlwort (U.S.A.) ;
Biological type: Annual, Perennial
- Cotyledons small, needle-shaped.
- Foliage leaves needle-shaped to narrow-linear, with cusp, hairy, in close-clustered rosettes.
- Height: 5-15 cm; in spite of vegetative reproduction through rhizomes the plant also produces many seeds.
- Stem prostrate, strongly branched, only flower stem upright; lower segments of the stem can develop roots on the nodes.
- Foliage leaves narrow-linear, slightly ciliate, short cusp; especially perennial forms have a central leaf rosette.
- Flowers white, with 4 petals ; petals tiny, shorter than calyx ; sepals broad ovate, blunt.
- Seed finely grained like dust, yellowish-brown, triangular-ovate, with grooved back.
- Biological type: annual to perennial.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
Rare
Rare
Rare
