Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel.

Water medick (en), Luzerne du littoral (fr), Luzerne littorale (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Medicago

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.235m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.24
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.28
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses animal food breeding environmental use fodder forage gene source pasture vertebrate poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 15 - 20
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Medicago littoralis habit picture by hieracium eriophorum (cc-by-sa)
Medicago littoralis habit picture by Tristan Jaton-Maria (cc-by-sa)
Medicago littoralis habit picture by patrick locheron (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Medicago littoralis leaf picture by Ruiz Juanan (cc-by-sa)
Medicago littoralis leaf picture by Georges Olioso (cc-by-sa)
Medicago littoralis leaf picture by Alain Lagrave (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Medicago littoralis flower picture by JeanRene (cc-by-sa)
Medicago littoralis flower picture by Neus Vinyals (cc-by-sa)
Medicago littoralis flower picture by Xavier Gironés (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Medicago littoralis fruit picture by Ruiz Juanan (cc-by-sa)
Medicago littoralis fruit picture by Nicole Nicole Duc (cc-by-sa)
Medicago littoralis fruit picture by Alain Lagrave (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Medicago littoralis world distribution map, present in Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Malta, Portugal, Russian Federation, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, and United States of America

Conservation status

Medicago littoralis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506264-1
WFO ID wfo-0000213450
COL ID 3YNLY
BDTFX ID 41312
INPN ID 107647
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Medicago littoralis f. sinistrorsa Medicago cylindracea Medicago subinermis Medicago litoralis Medicago littoralis f. braunii Medicago littoralis f. polyantha Medicago littoralis f. sinistrorsa Medicago arenaria Medicago littoralis subsp. cylindracea Medicago littoralis subsp. tricycla Medicago truncatula subsp. littoralis Medicago littoralis f. sinistrorsa Medicago littoralis f. sinistrorsa Medicago littoralis subsp. braunii Medicago littoralis subsp. breviseta Medicago littoralis subsp. inermis Medicago littoralis subsp. longiseta Medicago littoralis var. arenaria Medicago littoralis var. breviseta Medicago littoralis var. cylindracea Medicago littoralis var. depressa Medicago littoralis var. dextrorsa Medicago littoralis var. inermis Medicago littoralis var. longeaculeata Medicago littoralis var. longiseta Medicago littoralis var. pentacycla Medicago littoralis var. rouyana Medicago littoralis var. rugulosa Medicago littoralis var. subinermis Medicago littoralis