Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : trfar
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: hare's-foot clover
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Acker-Klee ; ES : trébol arvense ; FR : trèfle des champs ; IT : trifoglio arvense ; PT : pé-de-lebre ; EN : hare's-foot clover ; NL : hazepootje ;
Biological type: Annual, Biennial
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- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-shaped.
- First leaf simple semi-round or reniform, later 3-foliolate.
- Height: 10-40 cm.
- Stem erect, branched, often becoming red.
- Lower leaves 3-foliolate. Cauline leaves lower readily dried, leaflet 3-4 times longer than broad, serrate till the middle, terminal notch; upper leaves sessile ; stipules narrow with a free part awl -like.
- Flowers whitish or pink, very small, in oblong -conical and dense heads (9 to 12 mm long). Calyx very hairy, ciliate-toothed, corolla shorter than the calyx.
- Fruit : pod.
- Seeds mixed with wheat give a pinky bread. Plant melliferous.
- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with all the other species of Trifolium and the species of Oxalis .
- Biological type: annual or biennial.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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