Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : staan
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Labiatae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: hedgenettle betony
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Einjähriger Ziest ; ES : hierba de la faridura ; FR : épiaire annuelle ; IT : stregona annuale ; PT : ; EN : hedgenettle betony ; NL : zoomerandoom ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elongate, spoon-shaped.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, regularly dentate.
- Height: 10-40 cm. Plant finely pubescent.
- Stem erect, branched.
- Leaves glabrescent, oblong -lanceolate, crenulate -dentate, tapered into a petiole. Floral leaves acute apex.
- Flowers white-yellowish, 3-6 in distant whorls ; very small bracteoles; calyx hairy, tubular-campanulate, with teeth arcuate, lanceolate awl -like with a shortly ciliate point, teeth 1/2 time shorter than the tube ; corolla 1 time longer than the calyx with a prominent tube with a transversal ring of hairs.
- Fruits : achenes circa 2 mm long, brown-black, finely spotted.
- Plant used against catarrh, melliferous.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Stachys palustris
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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Rare
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