Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : lotan
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Lotus praetermissus Kuprian.
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: slender bird's-foot-trefoil
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Kurzer Spargelklee ; ES : loto ; FR : lotier très étroit ; IT : ginestrino sottile ; EN : slender bird's-foot-trefoil ;
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons elliptic to ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.
- Leaves at first 3-foliolate, then pinnate.
- Height: 10-60 cm.
- Stem: lengthened at once, ascending when flowering, more or less covered with short hairs, root -stock slender, branched.
- Leaves with 3 terminal leaflets and 2 as stipules. Upper leaves with 3 acute apex leaflets, lower leaves with rounded tip leaflets.
- Flowers : yellow (rarely red), 1-3 in heads. Calyx -teeth subequal, ciliate, markedly longer than the tube.
- Fruit : pod longer than the calyx, more than 1.5 cm long, straight or nearly straight when ripe,.
- Rare in crops.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Lotus subbiflorus
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
