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25.4 2024

Weed biology
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Night-flowering Catchfly

Can be mistaken for

Characteristics

Cotyledons
Egg-shaped with entire leaf margins. Stalked. Smooth surface. Length approx. 7-11 mm.

True leaves
Inverted egg-shaped with entire leaf margins. Stalked. Hairy surface. Length approx. 12-15 mm.

Mature plant
Night-flowering Catchfly is a plant of medium height (20-40 cm) with an erect stem. The upper part of the plant feels sticky at touch, hence the name Catchfly. The flower is usually only open in the evening and at night. The diameter of the flower is approx. 15-25 mm. Seed production: Up to approx. 1,800 seeds per plant.

Seed
Kidney-shaped and plumb. The surface is densely covered with flat warts in broad, parallel rows. Thousand grain weight approx. 1.1 g.

Biology

Propagation and dispersal
Only through seeds.

Habit
Summer annual.

Importance

The species is frequently found in spring-sown crops in the Danish Isles, but is spreading to the rest of Denmark. In cereal crops, Oil-seed Rape and Pea night-flowering Catchfly is usually of no particular importance, whereas it can be quite troublesome in open crops. In clover seed fields the plant is undesirable because it is difficult to separate the seeds.

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Taxonomy

Caryophyllaceae.

Names in different languages

Danish :	Limurt, nat
German :	Ackerlichtnelke
English :	Night-flowering Catchfly
Latin :	Silene noctiflora
Norwegian :	Nattsmelle
Swedish :	Nattglim

Seedling

Early stage

Flower

Mature plant

Seeds

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Weed biology Agro-region: Denmark