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Yellow serradella

Name:

Yellow Serradella (Ornithopus compressus)

Description:

A self-regenerating annual legume, growing in autumn, winter and spring. Suited to deep, sandy, acid soils with moderate to high levels of exchangeable aluminium (except cv. Madeira). Not suited to poorly drained or waterlogged soils.
Seed with hull removed is preferred, if available. Podded seed will need to undergo a breakdown period and hence establishment will be slow. Mixtures of varieties of different maturities and hard seed levels are useful. Sow in autumn.

Sowing rate:

Seed in pod 2–10 kg/ha, dehulled cleaned seed 0.5–3.0 kg/ha. Enhanced pod is also available (this is partially processed and consists of a mix of pod and clean seed). Inoculant Group S.

Minimum average
annual rainfall:
400 mm Southern NSW, 450 mm Northern NSW.
Seed available:
Variety/brand Main Seed Source
Mid – late season, high hard seed levels
Avila Public variety
Early – mid season, high hard seed levels
Elgara Public variety
Madeira Public variety
Early season, medium hard seed levels
King G N Lummis
Ballard Seeds
Early season, high hard seed levels
Santorini Seedmark/PlantTech
Ballard Seeds
Charano Ballard Seeds
Very early season, high hard seed level
Yelbeni Ballard Seeds
Yellow Serradella

More information

  • Introduction to selecting and using pastures in NSW (Agnote DPI-263)
  • Yellow serradella (Agnote DPI-272)
  • Native pastures & native grasses
  • Pasture establishment
  • Pasture management
  • Pasture species & varieties
    • A-Z listing of all pasture species, types and varieties
    • Introduction to selecting and using pastures in NSW
    • Temperate grasses
    • Tropical grasses
    • Temperate legumes
    • Tropical legumes
    • Miscellaneous pasture herbs
    • Native grasses
    • Forage shrubs
    • Pasture varieties used in New South Wales 2010-2011
  • Rangelands
  • Silage and hay
  • Suggested pasture mixtures for different areas of NSW
  • Tropical perennial grasses
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