Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : scsmu
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Scorpurius subvillosus L., Scorpurius sulcatus L.
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: caterpillar-plant
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Skorpionskraut ; ES : lengua de oveja ; FR : queue de scorpion ; IT : erba lombrica comune ; PT : cornilhao ; EN : caterpillar-plant ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons lanceolate -linear.
- Leaves entire, ovate, aristate.
- Height: 10-30 cm. Plant slightly hairy.
- Stem ascending or erect.
- Leaves broadly obovate, obtuse or lanceolate, attenuate into a long stalk; stipules lanceolate-acuminate.
- Flowers yellow, 2-4 on peduncles at first shorter than the leaf and later exceeding it. Calyx with lanceolate, acuminate teeth shorter than the tube.
- Fruits : pods glabrous, strongly furrowed, twisted in a spiral, all lying in the same plane with inner smooth ribs, the 4 outer with slender, stiff and relatively spreading prickles.
- Plant protected in Poitou-Charentes (decree 19/04/88).[France].
- Biological type: annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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