Medicago falcata L.
FABACEAE
- Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Medicago falcata L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 779 (1753)
Rank: species
See: ► Medicago sativa L. ssp. falcata (L.) Arcang.
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Yellow alfalfa
English name: sickle alfalfa English name: sickle medic
Spanish name: alfalfa sueca
French name: luzerne jaune
Italian name: Erba medica
German name: Sichelluzerne
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial
Synonyms:
= Medicago sativa L. ssp. falcata (L.) Arcang.
= Medicago falcata L. var. romanica (Prodan) O. Schwarz & Klink.
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Medicago falcata L. var. romanica (Prodan) O. Schwarz & Klink.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Medicago
Species:
Page counter: 654 ( AVG: 222.08 / 88.05 )
Gallery:
Medicago falcata
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Medicago falcata
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Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani
Medicago falcata
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Medicago falcata
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Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Medicago falcata
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Medicago falcata
Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Pino Perino
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Pino Perino
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by L.R.
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by L.R.
Medicago falcata
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Medicago falcata
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Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis
Medicago falcata
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A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Medicago falcata
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AZ, CA, DE, IA, IL, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)
Map for Medicago falcata L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Medicago falcata L. var. romanica (Prodan) O. Schwarz & Klink. [190]
2) Medicago hispida Gaertn. [420]
3) Medicago hispida Gaertn. var. apiculata (Willd.) Urb. [192]
4) Medicago hybrida (Pourr.) Trautv. [559]
5) Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori [1484]
6) Medicago littoralis Rhode ex Loisel. var. inermis Moris [154]
7) Medicago maculata Sibth. [219]
8) Medicago minima (L.) L. var. pubescens Webb [152]
9) Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal. var. marginata (Willd.) Benth. [233]
10) Medicago praecox DC. [582]
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