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Medicago
Medicago is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as medick or burclover, in the legume family (Fabaceae). It contains at least 87 species and is distributed mainly around the Mediterranean basin. The best-known member of the genus is alfalfa (M. sativa), an important forage crop, and the genus name is based on the Latin name for that plant, medica, from Greek: μηδική (πόα) Median (grass). Most members of the genus are low,...
10 branches of this group, most-observed first
Alfalfa Complex
complexMedicago sativa
Coastal medick
speciesMedicago marina
Medicago prostrata
speciesMedicago prostrata
Medicago cretacea
speciesMedicago cretacea
Medicago daghestanica
speciesMedicago daghestanica
Medicago saxatilis
speciesMedicago saxatilis
Medicago rupestris
speciesMedicago rupestris
Medicago cancellata
speciesMedicago cancellata
Medicago papillosa
speciesMedicago papillosa
Medicago pironae
speciesMedicago pironae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.618
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.112
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Medicago in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1092912.