Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : medsc
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: snail medick
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Schlüssel-Schneckenklee ; ES : ; FR : luzerne à écussons ; IT : medica scutellata ; PT : luzerna-escudelada ; EN : snail medick ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elliptic to ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.
- First leaf rounded, obtuse at the base, glandular ; the later 3-foliolate.
- Height: 20-50 cm.
- Stem prostrate or ascending.
- Leaves with leaflets denticulate circa their upper 2/3, broad, rounded or slightly cuneate at the tip. Blade of leaflets very glandular, sticky. Stipules toothed.
- Flowers yellow solitary or 2-3 on a flowering branch lengthening into a slender flowerless segment. Standard longer than the keel and this one slightly longer than the wings.
- Fruit : pod indehiscent, cup-shaped, hairy, glandular coiled in a helix of 5-6 turns and circular in outline, 13-15 mm in diameter.
- Plant sometimes cultivated for the fruits.
- Rare in crops.
- Biological type: annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
Rare
Rare
