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Medicago rigidula - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer

Medicago rigidula - Pods - Click to enlarge!

Pods; Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer

Medicago rigidula - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer

Medicago rigidula - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 805
Date of entry: 09.05.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Rigid Medic

German: Steifer Schneckenklee

Portuguese: Luzerna-peluda

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Medicago (8)

            Epithet: rigidula (L.)All. (1)

Synonym: Medicago agrestis Ten.

agrestis => wild on arable land

rigidula => somewhat stiff

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

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