Aphanes arvensis L.

Small but often stout, pilose, greyish green to yellowish green herb, much branched near base, 20-60-(250) mm high, sometimes decumbent and forming loose mats; stems slender, long-pilose; internodes often hidden by overlapping stipules and lvs. Lvs cauline; petiole 1.5-3 mm long and winged; blade (3)-4-8-(10) × 4-10-(12) mm, 3-partite with each segment ± flabellate and deeply divided into (2)-3-6, oblong to clavate, blunt to subacute lobes, silky pilose on both surfaces; stipules 1.5-3-(4) mm long, adnate to petiole, divided into several ± triangular or sometimes lanceolate-triangular or subulate lobes. Infl. axillary, of small cymes, sessile or with a very short peduncle, usually with upper part of sepals showing above investing stipules; fls sessile or shortly pedicellate. Fr. 2-2.5-(2.8) mm long; hypanthium ellipsoid, flattened, distinctly narrowed below teeth, pale yellow to brown, ribbed, with long hairs on ribs at least above and generally shorter hairs between ribs, sometimes densely hairy; calyx teeth 0.5-0.7 mm long, triangular, ± erect, glabrous except for long hairs on margin and rib; epicalyx minute or 0.

It grows in temperate places. It grows in most well-drained soils. It can grow in a sunny or lightly shady position. It can grow in acid or alkaline soils. In Argentina it grows between 1,000-1,700 m above sea level. Tasmania Herbarium.

The leaves are eaten raw in salads.

Plants are grown from seed. Seed are sown where they are to grow.