Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Spotted Medick from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Medicago arabica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Medicago arabica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-16-005:
Medicago arabica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Spotted Medick, Spotted Bur-clover
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mear_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120329_151
March Greenville County SC
Stipules shallowly lacerate, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120329_155
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120329_158
March Greenville County SC
Leaflets 0.7-1.1 x long as wide, leaflet tip usually strongly notched, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120329_160
March Greenville County SC
Legume spirally coiled with a double row of curved spines 2-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm41810_358
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm42411_213
April Spartanburg County SC
Seed pods spirally twisted and covered with spines, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses.
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_101
April Spartanburg County SC
Racemes typically 1-5 flowers. Peduncles 1-2.5cm. Petals yellow, 4-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_103
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaflets usually with a conspicuous reddish-purple spot, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound