Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : lthan
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: fodder pea
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Jährige Platterbse ; ES : alverja anual ; FR : gesse annuelle ; IT : cicerchia pallida ; PT : cizirão-roxo ; EN : fodder pea ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons invisible (hypogeal germination).
- Leaves pinnately divided.
- Height: 40-150 cm. Plant glabrous.
- Stem climbing, angular in its lower part and winged in the upper part.
- Leaves with 2 lengthened leaflets, acute and with prominent veins. Stipules hastate, shorter than the petiole. Tendril branched.
- Flowers yellow, 10-14 mm, solitary or in pairs on branches shorter than the leaf. Stipules very filiform. Calyx subequal-5-toothed, all teeth as long as the calyx-tube.
- Fruit : pod glabrous, narrow-furrowed on the back, tawny when ripe; seeds angular.
- Risk of confusion with Lathyrus cicera .
- Biological type: Annual.
Mistake with: Lathyrus cicera
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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