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Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal.

Blackdisk medick (en), Luzerne orbiculaire (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Medicago

Characteristics

Pod lenticular or discoid, glabrous, without spines; coils 3–5, turning anticlockwise, thin, the middle coil 8–15 mm in diameter; surface of coils with a net of anastomosing radial veins entering into the dorsal suture; no submarginal vein present.
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Leaflets obovate, cuneate at the base, usually retuse at the apex, finely denticulate in the upper half, glabrous; stipules deeply laciniate, glabrous.
Inflorescence 1–3(5)-flowered; peduncle produced into a fine arista beyond the flowers.
Calyx glabrous or sparsely hairy; teeth almost as long as the tube.
Corolla yellow, ± twice as long as the calyx.
Flowers with pedicels longer than the calyx.
Annual herb, usually procumbent.
Seeds not seen.
A herb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The fresh soft fruit are eaten raw. The leaves are dried and used as a spice.
Uses animal food environmental use experimental purposes fodder forage medicinal pasture poison spice vertebrate poison
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 14 - 24
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Medicago orbicularis habit picture by Manuel Barón (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Medicago orbicularis leaf picture by Valérie (cc-by-sa)
Medicago orbicularis leaf picture by pippo pippo (cc-by-sa)
Medicago orbicularis leaf picture by Tomico lopez (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Medicago orbicularis flower picture by Othilia Zen Tao (cc-by-sa)
Medicago orbicularis flower picture by caro browne (cc-by-sa)
Medicago orbicularis flower picture by Ozar Berri (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Medicago orbicularis fruit picture by Mehmet Basbag (cc-by-sa)
Medicago orbicularis fruit picture by Valérie (cc-by-sa)
Medicago orbicularis fruit picture by Nick Henson (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Medicago orbicularis world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Malta, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506322-1
WFO ID wfo-0000213459
COL ID 3YNMY
BDTFX ID 41397
INPN ID 107677
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Medicago echinata Medica orbicularis Medicago viscidula Medicago cuneata Medicago applanata Medicago marginata Medica inermis Medica orbiculata Pocockia orbicularis Medicago orbicularis f. biancae Medicago orbicularis f. canescens Medicago orbicularis f. glanduligera Medicago orbicularis f. glandulosa Medicago orbicularis f. macrocarpa Medicago orbicularis f. pilosa Medicago orbicularis f. praecox Medicago orbicularis f. rubra Medicago orbicularis f. tardifolia Medicago orbicularis f. viridis Medicago clypeata Medicago ambigua Medicago biancae Pocockia marginata Pocockia applanata Medicago polymorpha var. orbicularis Medicago orbicularis subsp. marginata Medicago orbicularis var. applanata Medicago orbicularis var. castellana Medicago orbicularis var. catholica Medicago orbicularis var. glandulosa Medicago orbicularis var. hebecarpa Medicago orbicularis var. macrocarpa Medicago orbicularis var. marginata Medicago orbicularis var. microcarpa Medicago orbicularis var. pilosa Medicago orbicularis var. undulata Medicago orbicularis
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