Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : spbru
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Spergularia campestris (L.) Ascherson.
Classification: Caryophyllaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: sand spurrey
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Roter Spärkling ; ES : esparcilla encarnada ; FR : spergulaire rouge ; IT : spergularia comune ; PT : ; EN : sand spurrey ; NL : rode schijnspurrie ;
Biological type: Annual, Biennial
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- Cotyledons very narrow and short (few mm long).
- Leaves entire, elongate, rounded tip.
- Height: 5-25 cm. Plant pubescent -glandular above.
- Stem prostrate or spreading, rather slender.
- Lower leaves in loose rosette. Leaves thin, not fleshy, short, linear, flat; stipules silvery, lanceolate -acuminate, longer than broad.
- Flowers pink, small (3 mm), in short, lax, leafy cymes ; pedicels shorter than the capsule or slightly exceeding it; petals shorter than the sepals or equal; sepals oblong ; 7-10 stamens.
- Fruits : capsule as long as the calyx ; not winged seeds.
- Biological type: annual or biennial.
Mistake with: Scleranthus annuus , Polycnemum arvense , Spergula arvensis , Sagina apetala
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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Rare
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