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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : thlpe

Scientific name: Thlaspi perfoliatum L.


Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: perfoliate penny-cress

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Durchwachsenes Täschelkraut ; ES : mostacilla brava ; FR : tabouret perfolié ; IT : erba storna perfogliata ; PT : ; EN : perfoliate penny-cress ;

Biological type: Annual


Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-shaped.

- Leaves entire, ovate or triangular, irregularly dentate.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 10-20 cm.

- Stem erect, often flexuose.

- Basal leaves in rosette, oboval and stalked. Further entire or dentate. Stem leaves oval -oblong, amplexicaul by obtuse or subacute auricles.

- Flower white, small. Stamens shorter than the petals ; anthers yellowish.

- Fruit : silicule ovate-cuneate, slightly attenuate at base, broadly winged and notched, with a peduncle held nearly perpendicular to the stem; style very short, included; seeds smooth, 3-5 in each cell.

- Biological type: annual.


Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Present     France  Present     Italy  Present     Portugal  Rare    

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