Medicago monspeliaca (L.) Trautv. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Medicago monspeliaca (L.) Trautv.

Medicago monspeliaca (L.) Trautv.

Medicago monspeliaca, the hairy medick, is a small self-supporting annual herb in the Fabaceae family with compound broad leaves.

Family
Genus
Medicago
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Medicago monspeliaca (L.) Trautv.

Medicago monspeliaca, commonly known as the hairy medick, is an annual herb species that belongs to the legume family Fabaceae. This plant has a self-supporting growth structure, and produces compound, broad leaves. Mature individuals of this species can reach a height of 0.12 meters.

Photo: (c) Eleftherios Katsillis, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Eleftherios Katsillis · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Medicago

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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