Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : legsv
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Specularia speculum-veneris (L.) A. D.C.
Classification: Campanulaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: large Venus's-looking-glass
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Gemeiner Frauenspiegel ; ES : espejo de venus ; FR : spéculaire miroir de Vénus ; IT : specchio di venere comune ; PT : ; EN : large Venus's-looking-glass ; NL : spiegelklokje ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons spatulate.
- Leaves entire, deeply notched.
- Height: 10-40 cm. Plant pubescent.
- Stem erect, angular lengthwise, branched, slender, lengthened.
- Leaves more or less hispid, sessile, obovate, somewhat undulate or crenulate on margins. Lower leaves obovate, upper leaves lanceolate -elongate, margin entire or slightly notched.
- Flowers purple with a white tube. Many flowers in leafy more or less spreading corymb. Calyx hairy.
- Fruit : capsule constricted at the tip, 10-15 mm. Seeds elliptic circa 1.5 mm long, shining, brown.
- Plant eaten as green salad. Vulnerary and astringent.
- Risk of confusion with Legousia hybrida (L.) Delarbre.
- Biological type: Annual.
Mistake with: Legousia hybrida
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
Present
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