Photographer: Merel R. Black
Medicago sativa L.
Medicago: derived from Medike, or medick, the Greek name for alfalfa, which came to Greece from Medea
|Status: ||Introduced - naturalized|
|Plant: ||erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall forb; slender stems; deep roots|
|Flower: ||purple to cream, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/2" long, calyx not 2-lipped; inflorescence a stalked, rounded to cylindrical, head-like cluster (raceme) of short-stalked flowers; blooms June-Sept.|
|Leaf:||stalked, 3-parted, long and narrow|
|Habitat: ||disturbed sites|