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Scientific name:

Medicago praecox

Vernacular name:

Medick, Early


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Early Medick

Scientific name: Medicago praecox DC.

Diagnostic features
Procumbent annual to 20cm, sparsely pubescent.
Stipules laciniate.
Flowers 1-2, 2-5mm, yellow.
Fruits of 2.5-5 coils, usually ± glabrous, with moderate spines grooved near base.

Chromosome number: (2n=16).

Habitat
Introduced-casual; on tips and rough ground, mostly from wool.

Distribution
Sporadic throughout most of Britain; Mediterranean.

This species is keyed out onPage 2979 in the Text Key.

Medicago praecox (Medick, Early)
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