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Medicago apiculata

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Name

Identification
Medicago polymorpha L. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lassen, P., Medicago polymorpha L. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Medicago apiculata Willd. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Medicago apiculata
  • Medicago coronata
  • Medicago polymorpha

Flora

Entry for MEDICAGO denticulata Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
MEDICAGO denticulata Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], DC. Prod. ii. 176. E.B.S. t. 2634. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 165.
MEDICAGO apiculata Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], l.c.
Information
Stem annual, 6–12 in. long, diffuse, subglabrous. Stipules laciniated, the free points linear. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, toothed. Peduncles an inch long, the flowers in heads of 3–6. Pedicels shorter than the calyx, which is a line long, teeth lanceolate-subulate. Corolla yellow, half as long again as the calyx. Pod glabrous, globose, 1/4 in. broad without the spines, with 2–4 spirals, the faces reticulated with raised veins, the spines straight, about 1/2 line long.
Range
The species is now widely dispersed as a weed, having reached Japan, the United States, Chili, India, and New Zealand.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Quartin-Dillon and Petit!
Notes
All the specimens we have seen in fruit belong to the var. apiculata .

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