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Medicago arabica (L.) Huds., 1762

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Spotted Medick
  • 🇫🇷 Luzerne d’Arabie, Luzerne maculée, Luzerne tachetée

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Fabids
  • Order: Fabales
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Subfamily: Faboideae
  • Genus: Medicago
  • Species: Medicago arabica

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with M. polymorpha L., 1753, whose leaves are fully green or sometimes spotted of white, while those of M. arabica are usually spotted of purplish black.

Photographs

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Medicago arabica
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Medicago arabica
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Medicago arabica
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Medicago arabica - Flower close-up
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Medicago arabica - Leaves

Sources