Medicago arabica

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Common names

spotted bur medick

Family

Fabaceae

Authority

Medicago arabica (L.) Huds.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

NVS code

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MEDARA

Conservation status

Not applicable

Flower colours

Yellow

Year naturalised

1867

Origin

Europe, Canary Island, Asia Minor, S.W. Asia, N. Africa

Etymology

medicago: Derived indirectly from the Persian name Media (an Iranian kingdom in existence from late second millennium BC to the first millennium BC), whence alfalfa allegedly originates.

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