Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : vllco
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Valerianaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: Valerianella coronata
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Krönchen-Feldsalat ; ES : hierba de los canónigos con bolas azules ; FR : mâche couronnée ; IT : gallinella coronata ; PT : falsa-alface ;
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons spatulate.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, entire-margined.
- Height: 10-40 cm.
- Stem pubescent, lengthened, somewhat thick.
- Leaves dentate, cut or pinnatifid.
- Flowers pale-lilac or blueish, in dense heads, further globose, on not thickened peduncles and falling when the fruit is ripe.
- Fruits ovate (2 x 2.5 mm), with dense tufted hairs, fertile cells very convex crowned by the calyx with 6 hooked apex teeth. Fruits in dense, globose, terminal clusters and falling all together.
- Rare in crops.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with:at seedling stage with all the other species of Valerianella .
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
Rare
