Weed Herbarium

Setlumi

Common Name: Jersey cudweed
Scientific Name: Gnaphalium luteo-album L.
Family Name: Compositae
Type: Broad Leaf

Identification Notes

EPPO Code

GNAAF

Life Cycle

Annual

Morphology

Stem: Woody, corymbosely branched from the root. Leaves: Oblong, spathulate, upper lanceolate, woolly on both surfaces. Inflorescence: A dense corymbose clusted of heads, golden yellow, glistening.

Growing season

Rabi

Germination period

October - April

Flowering period

January - May

Propagation

By Seed

Habitat

Prefer dry conditions of soil. Mainly found in Rabi crops. It is also found in fallow lands, roadsides, homestead areas, levee of crop fields and bank of ponds.

Weed potential

Control measure

Recommended herbicide

Distribution

Most of Europe, including Britain, and most other warm temperate regions in the world.

Department of Agronomy

Bangladesh Agricultural University