Code
SCAPV
Growth form
Broadleaf
Biological cycle
Annual
Habitat
Terrestrial
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
synonym | Chaerophyllum pecten-veneris (L.) Crantz |
synonym | Chaerophyllum rostratum Lam. |
synonym | Myrrhis pecten-veneris (L.) All. |
synonym | Pecten veneris Lam. |
synonym | Pectinaria vulgaris Bernh. |
synonym | Scandix acicularis Delarbre |
synonym | Scandix aegyptiaca Steud. |
synonym | Scandix cornuta Gilib. |
synonym | Scandix cretica Mill. |
synonym | Scandix hispanica Cutanda |
synonym | Scandix laevigata (Azn.) Stoyanov & Stef. |
synonym | Scandix pecten Scop. |
synonym | Scandix pectinifera Stokes |
synonym | Scandix pectiniformis St.-Lag. |
synonym | Scandix persica Mart. |
synonym | Scandix pinnatifida Willk. |
synonym | Scandix rostrata (Lam.) Salisb. |
synonym | Scandix vulgaris Gray |
synonym | Scandix wilhelmsii K.Koch |
synonym | Selinum pecten (Lam.) E.H.L.Krause |
synonym | Wylia pecten-veneris (L.) Bubani |
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Seedling
Cotyledons filiform, very long, 50-100 x 1-2 mm, never straight but arched at the apex, gradually tapering to a petiole, glabrous, long-lasting. Primordial leaves long-petiolate, composed of 5-7 primary segments, themselves divided 1-2 times into linear, apiculate segments with hairy margins. The hypocotyled axis is short and purplish. Plantlet is dark green to glossy green, exhaling a subtle, pleasant, fleeting odor when crumpled.
Adult plant
Scandix pecten-veneris is an upright annual plant. Stem stiff, ridged, with numerous spreading, then upright, abundantly hairy branches, reaching 40 cm in height. Leaves alternate, 2-3-pinnate, with narrow, acute lobes and a hairy, canaliculate petiole that widens into a long, ciliated sheath, often purple-tinged in winter. Umbels with 1-3 rays, without involucral bracts but with a 5-piece involucellum, white flowers with 5 truncated, unequal petals, with inwardly curved tips. Fruit formed by 2 achenes with 5 equal ribs, topped by a dorsally compressed beak, scabrous on the margins, 5-8 cm long, terminated by persistent styles.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Life cycle
Algeria: Scandix pecten-veneris germinates in autumn-winter, flowering occurs from March to June.
Iraq: It flowers from March to April and fruits from May to June.
Morocco: Scandix pecten-veneris flowers from April to June.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Scandix pecten-veneris reproduces by seed.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Growth form
Leaf arrangement
Leaf type
Latex
Stem section
Root type
Hollow or solid stem
Stipule type
Leaf attachment type
Fruit type
Achene type
Cotyledon type
Lamina apex
Upperface pilosity
Upperface hair type
Lowerface pilosity
Lowerface hair type
Simple leaf type
Lamina section
Lamina Veination
Flower color
Inflorescence type
Stem pilosity
Stem hair type
Life form
Scandix pecten-veneris is a C3 species.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Algeria: Scandix pecten-veneris is a very common messicolous species in all the country's annual crops (winter wheat-cultivated fallow). It has no particular soil preference, growing on both clay and sandy soils.
Iraq: Present in the mountains, on grassy areas among shrubs and trees, in shady areas in oak woods on limestone, in fields in valleys, etc.; hillsides and fields in the upper plain; fields, gardens and ditches in the irrigated alluvial plain; up to altitudes of 700-1100 m (sometimes 1600 m or more).
Morocco: Scandix pecten-veneris is a very common messicolous species, found in winter cereals, pastures, rocky environment and sandy soils from plains to medium mountains with sufficient rainfall, up to 2000 m altitude.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habitat
Origin
Scandix pecten-veneris is native to paleo-temperate regions (Mediterranean Basin, Western Europe, Middle East and India).
Worldwide distribution
This species has been introduced to North and South America (USA, Argentina, Chile), Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Algeria: A common species throughout the country.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Local harmfulness
Algeria: Scandix pecten-veneris is a major weed. It is one of the most damaging messicolous weeds in field crops, as it can colonize practically any ecological environment (a very common species). Moreover, its great adaptation to the agricultural environment and its high seed production give it a very high potential for invading plots (an abundant species whenever it is present).
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Local control
Algeria: Scandix pecten-veneris is controlled in cereal crops with a combination of a false-sowing cultivation method and a pre-emergence herbicide treatment with 2,4-D, dicamba, florasulam + 2,4-D, etc. or a post-emergence herbicide with tribenuron-methyl, iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium + amidosulfuron-sodium + mefenpyr-diethyl, etc.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
- 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.
- The World Flora Online http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000434334
- Plants of the World Online https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:848035-1
- CABI https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.116941
- Flora Maroccana (Dobignard A.) https://www.floramaroccana.fr/scandix-pecten-veneris.html
- 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.
- The World Flora Online http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000434334
- Plants of the World Online https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:848035-1
- CABI https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.116941
- Flora Maroccana (Dobignard A.) https://www.floramaroccana.fr/scandix-pecten-veneris.html
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Apiales |
Family | Apiaceae |
Genus | Scandix |
Species | Scandix pecten-veneris L. |