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sickle alfalfa
Medicago falcata L.
Medicago falcata is a Medicago species native to Eurasia found worldwide, that symbioses with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, with many common names.
shore medick
Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel.
Medicago littoralis is an introduced herb naturalized in some regions, with a bred agricultural variety resistant to powdery mildew.
Black Medick
Medicago lupulina L.
Medicago lupulina L., or black medick, is a low-growing nitrogen-fixing legume native to the Old World, used for honey production and limited fodder.
Coastal medick
Medicago marina L.
Medicago marina L., commonly called coastal or sea medick, is a Medicago species native to the Mediterranean that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
little bur-clover
Medicago minima (L.) Bartal.
Medicago minima is a globally distributed Medicago species native to the Mediterranean basin, with many common names.
button medick
Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.
Medicago orbicularis is a plant with edible seed pods native to the Mediterranean and European Black Sea coast.
bur clover
Medicago polymorpha L.
Medicago polymorpha L., or burclover, is an edible weedy annual forb that often grows in disturbed areas.
Alfalfa
Medicago sativa L.
Medicago sativa L., alfalfa, is a perennial cultivated forage legume with key agricultural uses and noted food safety concerns.
barrel medick
Medicago truncatula Gaertn.
Medicago truncatula is a small annual legume, a model for legume biology research, and an important forage crop in Australia.
Meehan's mint
Meehania cordata (Nutt.) Britton
Meehania cordata is a low stoloniferous herb species in genus Meehania, native to eastern North America.
Threeranked humpmoss
Meesia triquetra (L. ex Jolycl.) Ångstr.
Meesia triquetra is a circumboreal dioicous moss that grows in extreme rich fens, identifiable by its three-ranked leaves.
Brazilian red-cloak
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys Lindau
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys, Brazilian red-cloak, is the only species of its genus, a tropical ornamental shrub native to Venezuela and Suriname.
Guinea Grass
Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs
Megathyrsus maximus is a variable, hardy grass with multiple agricultural uses for livestock forage.
Bracelet Honey-myrtle
Melaleuca armillaris (Gaertn.) Sm.
Melaleuca armillaris, or bracelet honey myrtle, is an Australian shrub or small tree used in horticulture that is a serious environmental weed outside its native range.
black tea-tree
Melaleuca bracteata F.Muell.
Melaleuca bracteata, the black tea-tree, is an Australian tree with documented Indigenous uses.
Mallee honey-myrtle
Melaleuca brevifolia Turcz.
Melaleuca brevifolia is a hardy Australian shrub rarely a tree suited to harsh conditions in cultivation.
Totem-poles
Melaleuca decussata R.Br.
Melaleuca decussata R.Br. is a hardy, densely branched Australian shrub grown as an attractive garden plant.
Swamp Paperbark
Melaleuca ericifolia Sm.
Melaleuca ericifolia, or swamp paperbark, is an Australian melaleuca with recorded traditional and modern human uses.
Kangaroo Honey-myrtle
Melaleuca halmaturorum F.Muell. ex Miq.
Melaleuca halmaturorum is a slow-growing, salt-tolerant Australian shrub or small tree used for revegetating saline sites.
Hillock bush
Melaleuca hypericifolia Sm.
Melaleuca hypericifolia, the hillock bush, is an Australian woody shrub commonly used in horticulture with red-orange spring and summer flowers.
Moonah
Melaleuca lanceolata Otto
Melaleuca lanceolata is an Australian woody shrub or small tree with white or cream flower spikes.
Snow-in-Summer
Melaleuca linariifolia Sm.
Melaleuca linariifolia is a small Australian papery-barked tree that grows in heath and dry sclerophyll forest near water.
Netted Bottle Brush
Melaleuca linearifolia Sm.
Melaleuca linearifolia is a woody flowering shrub or small tree native to the New South Wales coast, growing in dry sclerophyll forest near sandstone.
Showy Honey-myrtle
Melaleuca nesophila F.Muell.
Melaleuca nesophila is an Australian woody plant, a common ornamental that is an environmental weed in parts of Victoria.
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