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Bayer Code : trgra
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: stalked burgrass
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Klettengras ; ES : carretes ; FR : tragus à grappes ; IT : lappola ; EN : stalked burgrass ;
Biological type: Annual
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Seedling:
- Shoot rolled, leaf sheath terete.
- Leaf blade 2-5 times longer than broad, leaf more or less hairy.
- Ligule membranous toothed crowned by a ring of hairs, auricles absent.
- Height: 5-30 cm. Plant tufted.
- Stems prostrate, spreading, branched, very leafy.
- Leaves short, flat, 2-3 mm wide. Leaf blade stiffly hairy on margins; upper leaf sheath swollen, broadened, red-tinged.
- Inflorescence : flowers crimson sometimes green on spike -like panicle, with short branches ; spikelets 2-4 in small groups, lemma with hooked hairs on 5-7 rows.
- Fruits oblong, flattened at base on the inner side.
- Plant psammophilous.
- Biological type: annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags): Present Present