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Medicago polymorpha L.

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Medicago polymorpha L., Sp. Pl. 779 (1753)
Medicago polymorpha L.

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L.
L.
1753
779
ICN
Medicago polymorpha L.
species
Medicago polymorpha

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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.

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Medicago denticulata
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago hispida Gaertn.
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago nigra (L.) Krock.
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago polymorpha L.

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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Medicago polymorpha L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District

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Names_Plants
13 March 2002
27 August 2024
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