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Medicago lupulina
Medicago lupulina
L.
Family:
Fabaceae
black medick,
more...
black medic, black medic clover, hop clover, hop medic, nonesuch, yellow trefoil
[
Medicago lupulina var. cupaniana
(Guss.) Boiss.,
more
Medicago lupulina var. glandulosa
Neilr.
]
Max Licher
General Description
Resources
Plant
: Annual forb, hairy, sometimes finely strigose; stem decumbent to ascending, generally 1-4 dm
Leaves
: leaves trifoliate, the leaflets dentate, generally 1-1.5 cm; stipules entire or toothed
INFLORESCENCE
: raceme, axillary, ovoid, 10-20-flowered, dense
Flowers
: flowers small; calyx 1-1.5 mm, lobes ± equal or not; corolla 2-3 mm, yellow; 9 filaments fused, 1 free
Fruit
: legume, indehiscent, 2-2.5 mm, reniform, black; veins strong, kidney-shaped, coiled in 1 plane, pubescent.; prickles 0; Seed 1,often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth
Misc
: Disturbed areas, sometimes in forests, mtns; < 2500 m.; Apr-Jul
Notes
: fruits coiled
References
: Kearney & Peebles; Arizona Flora. McDougall; Seed plants of Northern Arizona. ASU specimans.
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