Medicago polymorpha L.
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Medicago polymorpha L., Sp. Pl. 779 (1753)
Medicago polymorpha L.
Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
779
ICN
Medicago polymorpha L.
species
Medicago polymorpha
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Procumbent, annual herb; stems ± glabrous. Lvs almost glabrous or sparsely hairy on petioles and undersurface of leaflets, glabrous above; petioles c. 5-40 mm long; leaflets mostly obovate, acute to obtuse or emarginate, obtuse to cuneate at base, serrate in upper 1/2, uniform in colour, c. 5-15 mm long; terminal petiolule (1.5)-3-7 mm long; lateral petiolules < 1.5 mm long; stipules ovate, acuminate, laciniate. Infl. 1-5-flowered; peduncles ± glabrous, <, = or > petioles; pedicels < calyx tube. Calyx usually sparsely hairy; calyx teeth triangular, acuminate, ± =, or > tube. Corolla yellow, 3-5 mm long. Pod ± glabrous, coiled in 11/2-6 turns, without a hole in the centre, distinctly reticulately veined and with a double row of spines at the margin (spines sometimes reduced to tubercles only), 4-8 mm diam. (excluding spines), few-seeded; seeds yellow to brown, c. 3 mm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Medicago hispida Gaertn.
Medicago nigra (L.) Krock.
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago polymorpha L.
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c16cdd09-65cb-4c2f-ab89-f846234bfd73
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13 March 2002
27 August 2024