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Medicago rigidula (L.) All.

Tifton burclover (en), Luzerne de Gérard (fr), Luzerne rigide (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Medicago

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous herb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-4
Soil texture 3-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses animal food breeding environmental use fodder forage gene source pasture poison 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 rigidula habit picture by bas yves (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Medicago rigidula leaf picture by Matteo Fontana (cc-by-sa)
Medicago rigidula leaf picture by bas yves (cc-by-sa)
Medicago rigidula leaf picture by annick perdrix (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Medicago rigidula flower picture by bas yves (cc-by-sa)
Medicago rigidula flower picture by Laurence Chabalier (cc-by-sa)
Medicago rigidula flower picture by MARC GRIMAL (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Medicago rigidula fruit picture by bas yves (cc-by-sa)
Medicago rigidula fruit picture by Daniel Bourget (cc-by-sa)
Medicago rigidula fruit picture by T Sandro (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Medicago rigidula world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Malta, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States of America, and Uzbekistan

Conservation status

Medicago rigidula threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20011853-1
WFO ID wfo-0000213465
COL ID 3YNP4
BDTFX ID 41455
INPN ID 107706
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Medicago villosula Medicago gaditana Medica villosa Medicago verlotii Medicago villosa Onobrychis hakkariensis Medicago depressa Medicago gerardii Medicago cinerascens Medicago agrestis Medicago morisiana Medicago mitis Medicago banofcensis Medicago pseudo-gerardi Onobrychis davisii Medicago rigidula f. elegans Medicago rigidula f. pastoralis Medicago rigidula f. submitis Medicago rigidula f. subnudulosa Medicago rigidula f. viscosa Medicago timeroyi Medicago pseudogerardi Medicago germana Medicago polymorpha var. rigidula Medicago rigidula subsp. agrestis Medicago rigidula subsp. cinerascens Medicago rigidula var. agrestis Medicago rigidula f. cinerascens Medicago rigidula f. discoidea Medicago gerardii var. submitis Medicago rigidula var. submitis Medicago rigidula var. brevispina Medicago rigidula subsp. zoharyi Medicago polymorpha var. muricata Medicago cinerascens var. longiseta Medicago gerardi subsp. agrestis Medicago gerardii subsp. agrestis Medicago gerardii var. minor Medicago obscura var. muricata Medicago rigidula var. cinerascens Medicago rigidula var. compacta Medicago rigidula var. gerardii Medicago rigidula var. germana Medicago rigidula var. minor Medicago rigidula var. morisiana Medicago rigidula var. suffrutescens Medicago rigidula var. timeroyi Medicago rigidula var. turbiniformis Medicago tuberculata var. glandulosa Medicago villosa var. mitis Medicago rigidula

Lower taxons

Medicago rigidula var. lamottei
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