Trigonella caerulea, (L.) Ser.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 152

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200

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scientific name

Trigonella caerulea
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18. T. caerulea (L.) Ser. View in CoL in DC., Prodr. 2: 181 (1825).

Stems 20-60(-100) cm, erect, sparsely hairy, hollow. Leaflets 20-50 x 5-20 mm, ovate to oblong, emarginate, denticulate. Racemes globose, dense, many-flowered; peduncles 2-5 cm; pedicels c. 1 mm. Calyx c. 3 mm, the teeth about equalling tube; corolla c. 6 mm, blue or white. Legume 4-5 x 3 mm, erect or patent, rhomboid-obovate, abruptly contracted to a beak c. 2 mm. Seeds c. 2 mm, ovoid, brown, finely tuberculate. Cultivated for fodder throughout much o f Europe, and widely naturalized or casual as a weed or ruderal. Apparently nowhere indigenous; probably derived from 19.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Trigonella

Loc

Trigonella caerulea

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981
1981
Loc

T. caerulea (L.)

Ser. 1825: 181
1825
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