Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : trfsu
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: subterranean clover
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Erd-Klee ; ES : trébol subterraneo ; FR : trèfle souterrain ; IT : trifoglio sotterraneo ; PT : trevo-subterrâneo ; EN : subterranean clover ;
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-shaped.
- Leaves 3-foliolate.
- Height: 5-25 cm.
- Stem softly hairy, slender, prostrate spreading.
- Leaves all long-stalked; leaflets broad, obcordate, stipules ovate.
- Flowers whitish, peduncled, distant, axillary, reflexed and planted into the earth after flowering; calyx without marked veins, glabrous tube, ciliate teeth.
- Fruit : underground, globose and 1-seeded pod.
- Biological type: annual.
- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with all the other species of Trifolium and the species of Oxalis .
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
Present
