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Medicago polymorpha

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Name

Identification
Medicago polymorpha L. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper (Kew), 1985 Medicago lappacea Desr. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Medicago hispida Gaertn. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Medicago loretii
  • Medicago intertexta
  • Medicago orbicularis
  • Medicago tornata
  • Medicago berteriana
  • Medicago hispida
  • Medicago lappacea
  • Medicago ciliaris
  • Medicago polymorpha
  • Medicago denticulata
  • Not on sheet not on sheet

Flora

Entry for Medicago orbicularis L. Bartal. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 7, (2003) Author: various authors
Names
Medicago orbicularis L. Bartal. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Cat. Piante Siena: 61 (1776). —J.G. Baker in F.T.A. 2: 51 (1871). —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 73 (1926). —Heyn in Scripta Acad. Hierosolymitana, Sci. Rep. 12: 135, fig. 36 (1963). —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 224 (1972). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 480 (1989). Type from England.
Medicago polymorpha var. orbicularis L. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Sp. Pl.: 779 (1753).
Information
Annual herb, usually procumbent. Leaflets obovate, cuneate at the base, usually retuse at the apex, finely denticulate in the upper half, glabrous; stipules deeply laciniate, glabrous. Inflorescence 1–3(5)-flowered; peduncle produced into a fine arista beyond the flowers. Flowers with pedicels longer than the calyx. Calyx glabrous or sparsely hairy; teeth almost as long as the tube. Corolla yellow, ± twice as long as the calyx. Pod lenticular or discoid, glabrous, without spines; coils 3–5, turning anticlockwise, thin, the middle coil 8–15 mm in diameter; surface of coils with a net of anastomosing radial veins entering into the dorsal suture; no submarginal vein present. Seeds not seen.
Habitat
Pastures, escaped from cultivation.
Distribution
Zimbabwe C Marondera (Marandellas), Grasslands Research Station, fl. & fr. 23.ii.1962, Corby 1037 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
Egypt
Ethiopia
South Africa
Asia
Europe
Middle East

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