Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : lthhi
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: hairy vetchling
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Behaartfrüchtige Platterbse ; ES : alverja peluda ; FR : gesse hérissée ; IT : cicerchia pelosa ; PT : chícharo-verrugoso ; EN : hairy vetchling ;
Biological type: Annual, Biennial
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- Cotyledons invisible (hypogeal germination).
- Leaves pinnately divided.
- Height: 30-100 cm. Plant hairy.
- Stem climbing, narrow-winged.
- Leaf with petiole shorter than the leaflets, angular and ending in a branched tendril. 2 lengthened and acute leaflets per leaf.
- Flowers light-purple then blue, rarely white, solitary or 2-3. Flowering branches much longer than the leaf.
- Fruit : linear pod, hairy, each hair with a small basal wart. Fruit slightly swollen and keel -like. Seeds globose, grey-brown, warty and rough.
- Rare in crops.
- Risk of confusion with Lathyrus tuberosus L. (before flowering).
- Biological type: Annual or biennial.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
