Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : meuin
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Melilotus parviflora Desf.
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: small meliot
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Kleinblütiger Steinklee ; ES : trébol de olor ; FR : mélilot à petites fleurs ; IT : meliloto d'India ; PT : anafe-menor ; EN : small meliot ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elliptic to ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.
- First leaf cordate ; the later 3-foliolate.
- Height: 10-40 cm.
- Stem branched, divergent.
- Lower leaves long-stalked; leaflets 20-25 mm, obovate, narrowing near the inflorescence, margin with few obtuse teeth. Stipules of middle leaves with a more or less entire border.
- Flowers light-yellow, very small, 2-3 mm, in axillary, short, spike -like and dense racemes.
- Fruit : pod nearly globose, 1.5-3 mm, reticulate veins, glabrous. Seeds usually isolated, 1.5 mm, ovate, short, yellow-greenish to reddish.
- Risk of confusion with other species of Melilotus and with some species of Medicago .
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Melilotus , Medicago
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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