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Medicago denticulata

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Name

Identification
Medicago polymorpha L. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Medicago denticulata Willd. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Smith, Sir James Edward,
Related name
  • Medicago murex
  • Medicago hispida
  • Medicago polycarpa
  • Medicago polymorpha
  • Medicago denticulata

Flora

Entry for MEDICAGO denticulata Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
MEDICAGO denticulata Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Sp. 3. p. 1414;—DC. Prod. 2, p. 176. E. Bot. t. 2634. E. & Z.! No. 1503. E. Mey. Comm. Drege. p. 92.
TRIGONELLA ciliaris Thunb. β [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! Cap. p. 612.
Information
prostrate; leaflets obovate, or obcordate, toothed; stipules laciniate; peduncles 3–5 flowered; calyx-teeth triangular; legumes bordered with a double row of curved prickles, flat and obliquely netted-veined at the sides, twice or thrice spirally twisted. A small annual. Flowers minute, yellow. Known from the following by the more prominent reticulations on the sides of the legume, and the shorter, curved but not hook-pointed prickles.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sandy places near Capetown and in Hott. Holl. E. & Z.! Paarl, Drege! (Herb., D., Th.)

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