Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : silno
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Caryophyllaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: mediterranean catchfly
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Acker-Lichtnelke ; ES : silene nocturna ; FR : silène nocturne ; IT : silene notturna ; PT : cabacinha ; EN : mediterranean catchfly ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.
- Leaves entire, lanceolate, more or less dentate.
- Height: 20-60 cm. Plant hairy, glandular, with a tap-root.
- Stem erect.
- Leaves: lower oblong spatulate, upper leaves lanceolate and ciliate.
- Flowers white above and livid beneath, relatively large, closed, in 1-2 lateral racemes. Petals 2-fid, longer than the calyx. Calyx fruiting, oblong, not constricted, not umbilicate, with 10 green veins and lanceolate teeth. Filaments glabrous.
- Fruit : an oblong capsule, 6-8 times longer than the hairy carpophore.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Silene gallica
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
Present
