Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : trkmo
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: star-fruited fenugreek
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Kleiner Kuhhornklee ; ES : ; FR : trigonelle de Montpellier ; IT : fieno greco di Montpellie ; PT : fenacho-do-algarve ; EN : star-fruited fenugreek ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elliptic, clavate tip, more or less stalked.
- Leaves entire, rounded, with distant teeth.
- Height: 5-40 cm.
- Stem branched, prostrate or erect, pubescent.
- Leaves 3-foliolate. Leaflets triangular, dentate apex; stipules toothed.
- Flowers yellow, very small (4-5 mm); few-flowered inflorescence (4-12), sessile, axillary. Calyx with subequal teeth longer than the tube.
- Fruits : pods 10-15 mm long, scythe-like and downward recurved, densely hairy; seeds ovate, rhomboidal, strongly warty.
- Rare in crops. Plant protected in Auvergne (decree 30/03/90).[France]
- Biological type: annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
Rare
