Medicago marina L. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
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.
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Medick is frequently mistaken for clover. There's a story that says once, while Napoleon was marching across a grassland, he noticed a medick plant. His interest led him to bend down to pick it. By doing so, he inadvertently dodged a bullet that could have struck him, thus saving his life. Because of this tale, medick has come to be regarded as a symbol of luck.
Medicago marina L. is a plant species in the genus Medicago.
It is native to the Mediterranean basin, but can now be found growing around the world.
This species forms a symbiotic relationship with Sinorhizobium meliloti, a bacterium that is able to fix nitrogen.
Its common names are coastal medick and sea medick.
Photo: (c) Muriel Bendel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Muriel Bendel · cc-by-nc
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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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