Trigonella stellata

Species category

Weed

Common name

star fenugreek

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

Irregularly ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic.

Size

  • Length 1.1–1.4 mm
  • Width 0.6–1 mm
  • Thickness 0.4–0.7 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Rough

Other structures

The axis of the radicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat.
and cotyledonCotyledon:
The modified storage leaf or pair of leaves of an embryo and seedling (see primary leaf).
lobes are parallel.

Identification notes

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
located in a depression between the lobe tips at the end of the ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
. There is a very strong groove separating the lobes on the seed side.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Fabaceae

Valid name

Trigonella stellata Forssk.

 Trigonella stellata.  True seeds with the axis of the radicle and cotyledon lobes parallel.
Trigonella stellata. True seeds with the axis of the radicle and cotyledon lobes parallel.