Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : vicna
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: narbonne vetch
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Schwarze Ackebohne ; ES : arbejón ; FR : vesce de Narbonne ; IT : veccia selvaggia ; PT : ervilhaca-de-Narborne ; EN : narbonne vetch ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons obscure (hypogeal germination).
- Leaves entire , elliptic to ovate , regularly dentate .
- Height: 30-60 cm. Plant robust, erect and pubescent.
- Stem 4-angled, furrowed, hollow, usually not branched.
- Lower leaves alternate usually with a single pair of leaflets ; upper leaves with 1-3 pairs of leaflets ovate, large 20-50 x 20-30 mm, obtuse or emarginate apex.
- Flowers dark-purple or purple to white, 1-5 on short peduncle, axillary, large 15-30 mm.
- Fruit : blackish pods when ripe, openings with tubercled hairs, 30-60 x 10-15 mm.
-Rare in crops. Plant protected in Charentes-Poitou (decree 19/04/88).[France]
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Vicia bithynica
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
Rare
