Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : tolba
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Compositae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: Tolpis barbata
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Doldenblütige Tolpis ; ES : ; FR : oeil du christ ; IT : radicchio ombrellato ; PT : olho-de-mocho ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-shaped.
- Leaves entire, ovate or triangular, irregularly dentate.
- Height: 20-40 cm.
- Stem erect, branched with very lengthened spreading and leafless or naked branches.
- Leaves glabrescent or pubescent, toothed, oblong -lanceolate, the lower tapered into a stalk.
- Flowers yellow, inner often brown or reddish. Heads small, terminal or axillary, hollow, subtended by terminal bracts ; involucre of which outer bracts are longer than the inner ones.
- Fruits : outer achenes crowned with small scales ; those of the centre with a 4-5-haired pappus.
- Plant ornamental, protected in High-Vienna (decree 01/09/89). [France]
- Biological type: annual
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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