Medicago arborea
Common name
tree medick
Family
Fabaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Yellow
Year naturalised
1958
Origin
Canary Is, S. Europe to Asia Minor
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.
arborea: From the Latin arbor ‘tree’, meaning tree-like