Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : lthci
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Lathyrus aegaeus Davidov.
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: red vetchling
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Rote Platterbse ; ES : almorta del monte ; FR : gesse pois chiche ; IT : cicerchia ; PT : chícharos-miúdos ; EN : red vetchling ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons invisible (hypogeal germination).
- Leaves pinnately divided.
- Height: 15-50 cm.
- Stem prostrate or climbing, branched near the base, long, slender, with very narrow wings.
- Leaves with short stalk and very narrow wings; one pair of lanceolate narrow leaflets ; lower leaves awned, the upper with a branched tendril.
- Flowers whitish, red or reddish, 5-14 mm, isolated, short-peduncled.
- Fruit : pod elliptic narrow, 20-35 x 5-9 mm, straight. Seeds trapezoid, red-brown or grey-brown, blotched or concolorous.
- Plant used in the past as fodder or for its edible seeds similar to lentils.
- Risk of confusion with Lathyrus angulatus L., Lathyrus annuus L.
- Biological type: Annual.
Mistake with: Lathyrus angulatus , Lathyrus annuus
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
Present
