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Bayer Code : medlu

Scientific name: Medicago lupulina L.


Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: black medick

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Gelbklee ; ES : lupulina ; FR : luzerne lupuline ; IT : erba medica lupulina ; PT : luzerna-preta ; EN : black medick ; NL : hopklaver ; DK :

Biological type: Annual, Biennial


Seed snapshotSeed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons elliptic to ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.

- First leaf rounded, short acute apex, the later 3-foliolate.


Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 2-40 cm.

- Stem: angular, decumbent or ascending.

- Leaves : with leaflets denticulate in the upper part, and a hairy blade. Stipules acute shortly toothed at the base.

- Flowers : yellow in dense racemes lengthening at fruiting. Standard longer than the wings and the keel.

- Fruit 5 mm in diameter, convex, coiled in almost one complete turn. Sides with prominent and recurved veins. Indehiscent, 1-seeded.

- Plant cultivated, well-known source of honey.

- Risk of confusion with Medicago minima (L.) Bartal, Trifolium dubium Sibth., Trifolium campestre Schreber.

- Biological type: annual or biennial.

Mistake with: Medicago minima , Trifolium dubium , Trifolium campestre


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