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Family : FABACEAE |
Protologue : Fl. Angl. (Linnaeus) 21 (1754) |
Information on the genus : Medicago |
Basionym : Medicago polymorpha var. minima L. |
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Status
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Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Medicago minima (L.) Bartal. (1776) |
Medicago polymorpha var. minima L. (1753) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Medicago minima var. compacta Neyraurt (1897) |
=Medicago hirsuta All. (1785) |
=Medicago minima var. hirsuta (All.) Fiori (1925) |
=Medicago minima var. pulchella Lowe (1862) |
=Medicago recta Desf. (1799) |
=Medicago minima var. recta (Desf.) Burnat (1896) |
=Medicago minima var. longiseta DC. (1825) |
=Medicago minima var. brevispina Lowe (1862) |
=Medicago pulchella Lowe (1838) |
=Medicago minima subsp. pulchella (Lowe) Menezes (1914) |
=Medicago polymorpha var. recta Desf. (1799) |
=Medicago minima subvar. polyadenia Maire |
=Medicago minima f. pilosella Nègre |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Sostly hairy annual herb; stems prostrate to ascending, arising from the base, 20-60(-90) cm long; corolla yellow, c. 4 mm long; pod of 3(-5) coils, spiny (or spinaless). |
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Ecology : |
Grassland, disturbed ground, pastures, roadsides, usually in sandy places; 1150-1425 m alt. (Somalia), 1650(3050 m (Ethiopia). |
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Canary Isl., N. Africa; Socotra; Europe north to S Sweden; S. Asia. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
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