| Dicotyledon | Literature for Medicago lupulina
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Fabaceae -- The Pea Family | Bibliography |
| Medicago lupulina | |
Common name(s): black medick, nonesuch |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Europe and temperate Asia, but naturalized in many subtropical and tropical areas.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Midway, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Annual or short-lived perennial herbs, pubescent; stems procumbent or ascending, 1-8 dm long. |
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| Leaves |
Leaflets obovate, rhombic-cuneate, or oblong-cuneate, 3-20 mm long, 2.5-12 mm wide, pubescent or glabrate, margins denticulate in upper part, apex rounded, ± emarginate, stipules narrowly ovate to cordate, weakly toothed to subentire. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers 10-50 in racemes, bracts white, filiform; corolla yellow, 2-3 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Pods black when ripe, 1.5-3 mm long, reniform, pubescent, transverse veins prominent, curved, anastomosing, forming an elongated network, prickles absent. |
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| Seeds |
Seed 1. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 16, 28, 32 |
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