Trigonella corniculata
Trigonella corniculata
Gazal çemenotu
Syn: T.balansae
Glabrous or sparingly hairy, stems erect, branched, 10-60 cm. Stipules lanceolate-subulate, dentate or incised. Leaflets obovate to oblong-cuneate, denticulate, 10-40 x 8-30 mm. Peduncle 1,5-6 cm. Flowers 8-20, forming ovate racemes. Pedicels glabrous. Calyx campanulate, 3 mm; teeth subequal or shortly unequal, triangular or lanceolate-acuminate, shorter than or as long as tube. Corolla yellow, 6-7 mm. Legumes forming a lax oblong raceme, deflexed, linear, flattened, slightly curved to falcate, shortly abruptly acuminate with mucro 0,5-1,5 mm, 10-20 x 2-3 mm, with about 30 transversal anastomosing nerves. Seeds 4-8, oblong, 2 x 1,3 mm, finely tubercled. Fl. 3-4. Roadsides, waste ground.
W. Mediterranean area; W. Medit. element. Probably introduced in Turkey.
