Medicago sativa L.

Medicago sativa L.

FABACEAE

- Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Medicago sativa L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 778 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Alfalfa

English name: alfalfa

English name: bastard medic

Spanish name: mielga

French name: luzerne jaune

Italian name: Erba medica

German name: Sichelluzerne

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial

Synonyms:

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Medicago sativa L. ssp. caerulea (Less. ex Ledeb.) Schmalh.
2) Medicago sativa L. ssp. falcata (L.) Arcang.
3) Medicago sativa L. ssp. glomerata (Balb.) Rouy
4) Medicago sativa L. ssp. sativa
5) Medicago sativa L. ssp. varia (Martyn) Arcang.
6) Medicago sativa L. ssp. x tunetana Murb.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Medicago
Species:

Page counter: 3366 ( AVG: 221.55 / 290.354 )

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Medicago sativa

Medicago sativa
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Pontebba, lungo la strada per il Passo di Pramollo. , UD, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Medicago sativa
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di San Canziano d'Isonzo, medicaio solcato da canali presso la strada che da Monfalcone conduce a Grado, poco oltre la località Bistrigna. , GO, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Medicago sativa
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Medicago sativa
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Duino-Aurisina/Devin Nabrezina, nei pressi di Borgo S. Mauro, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Medicago sativa

Medicago sativa
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Medicago sativa
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi

Medicago sativa

Medicago sativa
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani

Medicago sativa

Medicago sativa
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani

Medicago sativa
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Medicago sativa
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 351.

Medicago sativa
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, località Basovizza, prato nei pressi della Foiba., TS, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Medicago sativa

Medicago sativa
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Brentonico, ai margini dell'abitato, TN, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Medicago sativa
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Serle, località Calamor., BS, Lombardia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Medicago sativa
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Medicago sativa
Picture modified from Bley, Franz - Botanisches Bilderbuch (1897/98) - 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 sativa
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi

Medicago sativa
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Medicago sativa
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)

Distributional map for Medicago sativa L.
Map for Medicago sativa 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 sativa L. ssp. falcata (L.) Arcang. [543]
2) Medicago sativa L. ssp. varia (Martyn) Arcang. [91]
3) Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill. [3082]
4) Medicago soleirolii Duby [304]
5) Medicago tornata (L.) Mill. var. rugulosa (Ser.) Heyn, nom. illeg. [169]
6) Medicago truncatula Gaertn. [2127]
7) Medicago turbinata (L.) All. var. aculeata (Moris) Heyn [137]
8) Meesia trichodes Spruce [91]
9) Meesia uliginosa Hedw. var. minor (Brid.) F. Weber & D. Mohr [184]
10) Meibomia affinis (Schltdl.) Kuntze [135]

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