Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Medicago sativa L. ssp. sativa


FABACEAE Family selection - Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Medicago sativa L. ssp. sativa Taxon selection
Rank: subspecies

pictures Images of Medicago sativa ssp. sativa


Common names

US name U.S. name: Alfalfa

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Medicago media Pers.
= Medicago sativa L. ssp. varia (Martyn) Arcang.
= Medicago x varia Martyn



TAXONOMY

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


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Medicago sativa ssp. sativa
Medicago sativa ssp. sativa
Tracey Slotta - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image


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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. ssp. sativa
Map for Medicago sativa L. ssp. sativa
(*) 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. varia (Martyn) Arcang. [91]
2) Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill. [3088]
3) Medicago secundiflora Durand [excluded] [354]
4) Medicago tornata (L.) Mill. [188]
5) Medicago tornata (L.) Mill. var. shepardii (Post ex Boiss.) Heyn [164]
6) Medicago tuberculata (Retz.) Willd. [176]
7) Medicago x varia Martyn [201]
8) Meesia trifaria H.A. Crum, Steere & L.E. Anderson [95]
9) Megalodonta beckii (Torr. ex Spreng.) Greene [156]
10) Meibomia angustifolia (Kunth) Kuntze [148]

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