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Published In: Flore Françoise 2: 594. 1778[1779]. (Fl. Franç.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl.Per.: September.
Type: Type: Described from Europe.
Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan, Kashmir, India (N. Punjab), Tibet, Russia (Central Asia, Siberia, Caucasus, European Russia), China, Persia, Turkey, Middle and Southern Europe; introduced in America and Tropical Africa.
Comment/Acknowledgements: A weed of cultivated fields and waste places.
Map Location: A-6 Chitral, Bombrait, Y. Nasir 5237 (RAW); B-5 Kurram to Alikhel, very common, cult. field, J.E. T. Aitchison 699 (K); B-6 Drosh, 4500 ft., S.M. Toppin 235 (K); Karakorum, Raja Bashir s.n. 1962 (KUH); B-8 Kashmir, Sind Valley, 7500 ft., C.B. Clarke 30941A, B (K); Kunzlwan, 7750 ft., C.B. Clarke 29452 (K); Shigar, 7700 ft. C.B. Clarke 30059; 30059B (K); B-9 Ladakh 11000-13000 ft., 6.7. 1848, T. Thomson (K); Sankhu (Suru), 9600 ft., in fields (irrigated), B.B. Osmaston 156 (K); Baltistan, Kasumik, 9-10000 ft., R.R. Stewart 20714 (RAW); Sailing to Kande, 9000 ft., Hushe valley, E. Nasir & G.L. Webster 5930 (RAW).

 

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Annual to biennial, erect or decumbent plant, 30-250 cm tall. Leaflets of lower leaves obovate to ovate, the upper ovate-lanceolate, serrate. Stipules of lower leaves entire. Inflorescence a 4-10 cm long raceme, longer than the subtending leaf. Corolla 5-7 mm long, yellow, wing and vexillum equal, longer than the keel. Fruit 3-5 mm long, glabrous, transversely striated, usually 1-seeded.
 
 
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