Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : medab
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Medicago maculata Sibth.
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: spotted medick
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Gefleckter Schneckenklee ; ES : medicago de arabia ; FR : luzerne tachetée ; IT : erba medica araba ; PT : luzerna-da-arábia ; EN : spotted medick ; NL : gevlekte rupsklaver ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elliptic to ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.
- First leaf rounded, obtuse at the base; the later 3-foliolate.
- Height: 15-60 cm.
- Stem: angular, decumbent or ascending.
- Leaves : the blade of the leaflets is almost glabrous, at first purple-spotted at the base then blotched in the middle. Leaflets cordate and toothed above, spotted on the upper side with a big black or brownish blotch. Stipules toothed.
- Flowers yellow: 2-5 on flowering branches shorter than the leaves, awned: awn small and thin. Standard longer than keel, and keel longer than the wings.
- Fruit subglobose, hairless, in a spiral 4-7 turns with a 3-grooved outer border. Sides nearly flat, shallowly veined. Indehiscent.
- Plant giving a fodder of good quality.
- Biological type: annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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Rare
Rare
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