Common name
English: Costal Medic, Strand Medic
German: Strand-Schneckenklee
Portuguese: Luzerna das praias
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Medicago (8)
Epithet: littoralis Lois. (4)
Synonyms: Medicago arenaria Ten., Medicago cylindracea DC., Medicago subinermis Bertol., Medicago tricycla DC.
arenaria => growing in sand
cylindracea => cylindrical
littoralis => found on the seashore
subinermis => almost spineless
tricycla => calyx constisting of three sepals
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: xerophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow