Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : trfca
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Trifolium procumbens L. non ambig.
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: hop trefoil
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Feld-Klee ; ES : trébol ; FR : trèfle jaune ; IT : trifoglio campestre ; PT : trevo-amarelo ; EN : hop trefoil ; NL : liggende klaver ; DK : udstrakt klover
Biological type: Annual, Biennial
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- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-shaped.
- First leaf simple rounded, later 3-foliolate.
- Height: 10-30 cm.
- Stem erect, branched.
- Upper leaves alternate, leaflets oboval cuneate at base, the terminal stipitate, obtuse or slightly notched tip, margin serrate beyond the middle; terminal leaflets with a longer stalk than the lateral. Stipules ovate lanceolate wide at the base.
- Flowers golden-yellow then brownish, 20 and more in small dense racemes.
- Fruit : pod.
- Plant melliferous and diuretic.
- Biological type: annual or biennial.
Mistake with: Trifolium dubium , Medicago lupulina , Trifolium , Oxalis
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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