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Hedypnois rhagadioloides (L.) F.W.Schmidt

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Capitules à fleurons tous ligulés jaunes, portés par des pédoncules au sommet renflés et creux.
Plante adulte
Capitules portés par des pédoncules au sommet renflés et creux.
Gradient foliaire
Capitules petits, solitaires, à fleurs toutes ligulées jaunes.
Plangte adulte
🗒 Synonyms
synonymHedypnois annua Ferris
synonymHedypnois coronopifolia Ten.
synonymHedypnois crepidiformis Rchb.
synonymHedypnois cretica (L.) Dum.Cours.
synonymHedypnois cretica (L.) Willd.
synonymHedypnois cretica subsp. monspeliensis (Bisch.) Murb.
synonymHedypnois cretica subsp. monspeliensis Murb.
synonymHedypnois cretica subsp. ramosa Tackh. & Boulos
synonymHedypnois cretica subsp. rhagadioloides (L.) Arcang.
synonymHedypnois cretica var. crepidiformis Rchb.
synonymHedypnois cretica var. gracilior Boiss.
synonymHedypnois cretica var. gracilis (Batt.) Maire
synonymHedypnois cretica var. hyoseris (Rouy) Maire
synonymHedypnois cretica var. monspeliensis Bisch.
synonymHedypnois cretica var. oasicola Hochr.
synonymHedypnois cretica var. pendula (Willd.) Fiori & Paol.
synonymHedypnois cretica var. persica (Fisher) Cout.
synonymHedypnois cretica var. rhagadioloides (L.) Bisch.
synonymHedypnois cretica var. rhagadioloides (L.) Rchb.
synonymHedypnois cretica Willd.
synonymHedypnois furfuracea Rchb.
synonymHedypnois globulifera Lam.
synonymHedypnois globulifera var. cretica (L.) Fiori
synonymHedypnois globulifera var. rhagadioloides (L.) Fiori
synonymHedypnois globulifera var. tubaeformis (Ten.) Fiori
synonymHedypnois hedypnois (L.) Linding.
synonymHedypnois mauritanica Willd.
synonymHedypnois monspeliensis Willd.
synonymHedypnois pendula Willd.
synonymHedypnois persica Fisch.
synonymHedypnois persica M.Bieb.
synonymHedypnois polymorpha DC.
synonymHedypnois polymorpha subsp. cretica (L.) Arcang.
synonymHedypnois polymorpha subsp. erecta (Gren. & Godr.) Arcang.
synonymHedypnois polymorpha subsp. monspeliensis (Bisch.) Arcang.
synonymHedypnois polymorpha subsp. rhagadioloides (L.) Arcang.
synonymHedypnois polymorpha var. crepidiformis (Rchb.) Willk. & Lange
synonymHedypnois polymorpha var. cretica (L.) Willd.
synonymHedypnois polymorpha var. gracilis Batt.
synonymHedypnois polymorpha var. monspeliensis (Willd.) Rouy
synonymHedypnois polymorpha var. pinnatifida (DC.) Willk. & Lange
synonymHedypnois polymorpha var. rhagadioloides (L.) Willd.
synonymHedypnois polymorpha var. tubiformis (Ten.) Batt.
synonymHedypnois pygmaea Willk.
synonymHedypnois rhagadioloides subsp. cretica (L.) Hayek
synonymHedypnois rhagadioloides subsp. monspeliensis Nyman
synonymHedypnois sabulorum Pomel
synonymHedypnois tournefortii Cass.
synonymHyoseris cretica L.
synonymHyoseris hedypnois L.
synonymHyoseris incrassata Moench
synonymHyoseris mauritanica (Willd.) Pers.
synonymHyoseris monspeliensis Pers.
synonymHyoseris pendula Balb.
synonymHyoseris rhagadioloides L.
synonymHyoseris scabra Moench
synonymRhagadiolus creticus (L.) All.
synonymRhagadiolus hedypnois (L.) All.
synonymRhagadiolus pendulus (Willd.) Benth.
synonymRhagadiolus pendulus Benth. & Hook.f.
🗒 Common Names
Arabic
  • Cherquerid
  • Smar lôud
English
  • Cretan weed, Scaly hawkbit
  • Fragrant rhagadiolus (Australia)
French
  • Hédypnoide de Crète, Hédipnoïs de Crète, Hédipnoïs faux-rhagadiole, Hédipnoïs polymorphe, Hédypnoïs de Crète, Hédypnoïs polymorphe
Italian
  • Radicchio pallottolino, Radicchio tubuloso
Portuguese
  • Alface de creta, Alface de porco, Erva do leite
Spanish; Castilian
  • Lechaguino, Tardil
📚 Overview
Overview
Brief

Code

HYNCR

Growth form

Broadleaf

Biological cycle

Annual

Habitat

Terrestrial

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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description

    Seedling

    Cotyledons elliptic-oblong, 18-25 x 2-3 mm, gradually attenuating into the petiole, glabrous. First leaves rosette-shaped, obovate with rounded apex, with two small teeth in the upper third and at the apex, gradually attenuating into the petiole, pubescent. The hypocotyledonous axis is short and whitish. Light green seedling.

    Adult plant

    Hedypnois rhagadioloides is an annual plant with an upright or spreading habit. Stem branched, with striated, flexuous branches, reaching 60 cm in height, pubescent. Hispid leaves with bi- or trifid hairs, the lower ones lanceolate-oblong, sinuate-dentate or deeply indented, the upper ones sessile and amplexicaul. Capitula small, solitary, at the apex of a swollen and hollow peduncle.  2 rows of involucral bracts, linear-lanceolate. Florets all ligulate of yellow color, the inner ones much longer, curved and hardened into the fruit. Achenes subcylindrical, blackish, striate, denticulate, the outer ones curved and surrounded by the involucral bracts, 4.5-7 mm long, the inner ones fusiform, straight, surmounted by spangles, 5-6.5 mm long.

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      📚 Natural History
      Life Cycle

      Life cycle

      Annual
      Annual

      Algeria: Hedypnois rhagadioloides germinates in autumn-winter and flowers from March to June.
      Morocco: Hedypnois rhagadioloides flowers from March to June.

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        Cyclicity

        Hedypnois rhagadioloides is an annual species.

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          Reproduction

          Hedypnois rhagadioloides reproduces by seed.

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            Dispersal

            Hedypnois rhagadioloides is an anemochorus species

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              Size
              Morphology

              Growth form

              Erected
              Erected
              Prostrated
              Prostrated

              Latex

              White latex
              White latex

              Root type

              Taproot
              Taproot

              Stipule type

              No stipule
              No stipule

              Leaf attachment type

              with petiole
              with petiole
              Sheathing leaf
              Sheathing leaf

              Achene type

              Achene with scales
              Achene with scales
              Achene with bristles pappus
              Achene with bristles pappus

              Lamina margin

              largely dentate
              largely dentate
              hairy
              hairy

              Upperface pilosity

              Less hairy
              Less hairy
              Dense hairy
              Dense hairy

              Lowerface pilosity

              Dense hairy
              Dense hairy
              Less hairy
              Less hairy

              Simple leaf type

              Lamina deeply lobed
              Lamina deeply lobed

              Inflorescence type

              Terminal solitary flower
              Terminal solitary flower
              Capitule with ligulate flowers
              Capitule with ligulate flowers

              Stem pilosity

              Dense hairy
              Dense hairy
              Less hairy
              Less hairy

              Life form

              Broadleaf plant
              Broadleaf plant
              Physiology

              Hedypnois rhagadioloides is a C3 species.

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                Ecology

                Algeria: Hedypnois rhagadioloides is a common species in the annual crops (winter wheat, fallow land) and perennial crops. Preference is given to the most arid sites in Algeria, under steppe influence, on very stony and dry silty-sandy or marly soils with a strong alkaline reaction.
                Morocco: Hedypnois rhagadioloides is a very common species throughout non-Saharan Morocco. It grows in pastures, crops and ruderalized environments up to 2,500 m altitude.

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                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  General Habitat

                  Habitat

                  Terrestrial
                  Terrestrial
                  Description

                  Origin

                  Hedypnois rhagadioloides is native to the Mediterranean region.

                  Worldwide distribution

                  This species has been introduced into various European countries (Great Britain, Germany, Poland), America (USA, Mexico, Uruguay), Africa (South Africa) and Australia.

                  Algeria: Common species throughout the country.

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                    📚 Occurrence
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                    📚 Demography and Conservation
                    Risk Statement

                    Local harmfulness

                    Algeria: Hedypnois rhagadioloides is a secondary "weed". It has an average ecological range but does not constitute an agronomic constraint due to its limited abundance. However, it can be used as an indicator of regional ecological conditions. Due to its wide distribution, it is a species to be monitored in the event of changes in the context, such as a change in the cropping system, which could lead to a disruption in inter-specific competition relationships.

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                      📚 Uses and Management
                      📚 Information Listing
                      References
                      1. Kazi Tani C., Grard P. & Le Bourgeois T., 2021. "AdvenAlg 1.0 Identification et connaissance des principales adventices d'Algérie méditerranéenne." Al Yasmina, Revue de Botanique 2(3): 1-187.
                      2. Plants of the World Online https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:211686-1
                      3. The World Flora Online https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000132458
                      4. Flora Maroccana (Dobignard A.) https://www.floramaroccana.fr/hedypnois-rhagadioloides.html
                      Information Listing > References
                      1. Kazi Tani C., Grard P. & Le Bourgeois T., 2021. "AdvenAlg 1.0 Identification et connaissance des principales adventices d'Algérie méditerranéenne." Al Yasmina, Revue de Botanique 2(3): 1-187.
                      2. Plants of the World Online https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:211686-1
                      3. The World Flora Online https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000132458
                      4. Flora Maroccana (Dobignard A.) https://www.floramaroccana.fr/hedypnois-rhagadioloides.html

                      AdvenAlg 1.1 : Identification et Connaissance des Principales Adventices d'Algérie Méditerranéenne

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