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Medicago marina - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Parque da Cidade, Porto, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Medicago marina - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Esposende, Braga, Portugal; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Medicago marina - Pods close up - Click to enlarge!

Pods close up; Amorosa, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 5/2006 © Jörn Germer

Medicago marina - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Parque da Cidade, Porto, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Medicago marina - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Parque da Cidade, Porto, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Medicago marina - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Parque da Cidade, Porto, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Medicago marina - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Parque da Cidade, Porto, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Medicago marina - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Esposende, Braga, Portugal; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Medicago marina - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Montalivet-les-Bains, Médoc, France; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 301
Date of entry: 22.04.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Coastal Medick, Sea Medick

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: marina L. (1)

marina => growing in or near the sea

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Medicago marina at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.

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