Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : scbat
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Scabiosa maritima L., Scabiosa atropurpurea L.
Classification: Dipsacaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: sweet scabious
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Samt-Skabiose ; ES : escabiosa menor ; FR : scabieuse maritime ; IT : vedovina marittima ; PT : suspiros ; EN : sweet scabious ;
Biological type: Annual, Perennial
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- Cotyledons spatulate, oblong, attenuate into a short stalk.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, regularly dentate.
- Height: 25-120 cm. Plant glabrous or hairy, very variable.
- Stem with spreading branches.
- Lower leaves in rosette, dentate, cut; the other pinnatisect. Upper leaves opposite deeply divided into segments often narrow with a longer terminal lobe.
- Flowers pink or lilac, radiate, 5 unequal-lobed, in flat heads. Fruiting heads ovoid, subglobose or oblong. Receptacle conical with linear flakes, involucel campanulate 8-furrowed.
- Fruit crowned with an obscure involucel twisted inside.
- Biological type: annual or perennial.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
Present
