Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : lotsu
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Lotus subbiflorus Lagasca, Lotus hispidus Desf. ex DC.
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: hairy bird's-foot-trefoil
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Zweiblütiger Spargelklee ; FR : lotier hérissé ; IT : ginestrino ispido ;
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons elliptic to ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.
- Leaves at first 3-foliolate, then pinnate.
- Height: 10-50 cm.
- Stem: lengthened at once, ascending when flowering, hispid.
- Leaves with 3 terminal leaflets and 2 as stipules.
- Flowers yellow at first, then orange-coloured, turning green when they dry, 2-4 in heads. Calyx -teeth subequal, longitudinally ciliate, markedly longer than the tube.
- Fruit : pod ripe: 8 to 15 mm x 2 mm.
- Rare in crops.
- Risk of confusion with: Lotus angustissimus L.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Lotus angustissimus
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
