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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : stiac

Scientific name: Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Satureja acinos Scheele, Calmintha acinos (L.) Clairville, Acinos thymoides Moench, Thymus acinos L.

Classification: Labiatae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: basil thyme

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Stein-Bergminze ; ES : albahaca menor ; FR : pouliot des champs ; IT : acino annuale ; EN : basil thyme ; NL : Kleine steentijm ;

Biological type: Annual


Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons spatulate

- Entire leaves, elliptical to ovate, entire margin.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height 10-45 cm.

- Stem ascendent or spreading.

- Leaves hairy lanceolate or dentate and more or less sharp. Visible vein at lower face but not prominent.

- Flowers purple (3-8) in whorls. Corolla 10-18 mm, purple often marked with white on the lips. Most of flowers outgrow their bracts. Calyx covered with woolly hair. Upper teeth of calyx 0,5-1 mm.

- Frequency: rare in crops.

- Biological type: annual.


Ecological profile (click on flags): BeneLux   Rare     Germany  Rare     France  Rare    

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