NameThatPlant.net: Medicago arabica

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Medicago arabica FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Spotted Medick from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Medicago arabica FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-16-005:

Medicago arabica FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
Spotted Medick, Spotted Bur-clover

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Medicago arabica FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Medicago arabica FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-16-005:
Medicago arabica FAMILY Fabaceae

3464

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

Uncommon (rare in GA Piedmont & Mountains, rare in NC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Inflorescence an axillary raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume

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