Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Acroptilon
Detailed information about the plant.
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Acroptilon
Editor:
Bektemir Osmonali
Scientific name:
Acroptilon repens (L.) DC.
Habitat:
on clay soils, tolerates saline soils.
Comments:
The weed is extremely harmful. It reduces crop yields and quality, as well as pasture productivity.
Antropophilic distributed in Kazachstan (Veseloba P. 2017)
Description:
Creeping roots usually dark brown or black, with scaly adventitious buds. Stems ± cobwebby-tomentose. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline often deciduous by flowering, blades oblong, 4–15 cm; mid and distal linear to linear-lanceolate or oblong, 1–7 cm. Involucres 9–17 mm, loosely cobwebby.