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Scorpiurus muricatus L.

Prickly scorpion's-tail (en), Chenillette sillonée (fr), Scorpiure épineuse (fr), Chenillette à fruits portant des pointes (fr), Chenillette sillonnée (fr), Chenillette à fruits épineux (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Scorpiurus

Characteristics

Glabrous or sparsely hairy annual; stems ribbed. Lvs sparsely hairy along margins, elliptic to ovate, acute or obtuse, c. 60-120 mm long (excluding petiole); petiole somewhat < blade; stipules partly adnate to petiole, ovate-lanceolate, 10-30 mm long. Infl. long-pedunculate, (1)-2-4-flowered. Calyx sparsely hairy; calyx teeth triangular-acuminate, < or = tube. Corolla yellow, 8-12 mm long. Pod glabrous, c. 10 mm diam., with 2-8, 1-seeded segments; outer 4-6 ribs tuberculate or spinose; seeds crescent-shaped.
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A low sprawling annual herb. It has simple leaves. The leaves are oval but broadest above the middle. They often have 3 prominent parallel veins. The flowers are yellow and can have red or purple spots. They are 5-10 mm long. They are in long stalked clusters of 2-5 flowers. The fruit are curled pods. They are 30-50 mm long. Sometimes these have long slender processes on them.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.35
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.07
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Cultivated ground and dry places. Open grassland under cork oak, holm oak etc, fruit orchards, fallows etc, generally on basic substrates such as limestones, marls, gypsums and clays; at elevations up to 1,200 metres.
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It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in fields and waste places.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The young pods are eaten as a vegetable. The leaves are used in stews and raw in salads.
Uses animal food environmental use experimental purposes forage medicinal
Edible leaves pods seeds tubers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Scorpiurus muricatus habit picture by johan ducros (cc-by-sa)
Scorpiurus muricatus habit picture by Anthony JUGELE (cc-by-sa)
Scorpiurus muricatus habit picture by samuel jean (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Scorpiurus muricatus leaf picture by Vilardell Albert (cc-by-sa)
Scorpiurus muricatus leaf picture by John Walsh (cc-by-sa)
Scorpiurus muricatus leaf picture by nik sof (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Scorpiurus muricatus flower picture by Domi Mejías (cc-by-sa)
Scorpiurus muricatus flower picture by López Hinojosa José (cc-by-sa)
Scorpiurus muricatus flower picture by ma lo (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Scorpiurus muricatus fruit picture by Javier Pérez Mancha (cc-by-sa)
Scorpiurus muricatus fruit picture by John Walsh (cc-by-sa)
Scorpiurus muricatus fruit picture by Isabel Acosta García (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Scorpiurus muricatus world distribution map, present in Albania, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Malta, New Zealand, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:518173-1
WFO ID wfo-0000205858
COL ID 4VX3W
BDTFX ID 61857
INPN ID 121926
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Scorpiurus sulcatus Scorpiurus laevigatus Scorpiurus oliveri Scorpiurus acutifolius Scorpiurus echinata Scorpiurus laevigata Scorpiurus subvillosa Scorpiurus sulcata Scorpiurus margaritae Scorpiurus sulcatus f. puberulus Scorpioides muricata Scorpioides sulcata Scorpioides elegans Scorpiurus echinatus Scorpiurus muricatus subsp. laevigatus Scorpiurus muricatus subsp. subvillosus Scorpiurus subvillosus subsp. sulcatus Scorpiurus muricatus var. margaritae Scorpiurus muricatus var. subvillosus Scorpiurus subvillosus var. laevigatus Scorpiurus muricatus subsp. sulcatus Scorpiurus laevigatus var. glaberrimus Scorpiurus laevigatus var. papillosus Scorpiurus muricatus var. acutifolius Scorpiurus muricatus var. laevigatus Scorpiurus muricatus var. sulcatus Scorpiurus subvillosus var. acutifolius Scorpiurus sulcatus subsp. laevigatus Scorpiurus sulcatus subsp. muricatus Scorpiurus sulcatus subsp. subvillosus Scorpiurus muricatus
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