Medicago rugosa Desr.

Wrinkled medick (en), Luzerne rugueuse (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Medicago

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.15-0.3m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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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 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

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Distribution

Medicago rugosa world distribution map, present in Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Portugal, Tunisia, and United States of America

Conservation status

Medicago rugosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506399-1
WFO ID wfo-0000213467
COL ID 3YNP8
BDTFX ID 41468
INPN ID 107710
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Medicago rugosa Medicago elegans Medicago orbicularioides Medicago rugosa f. incisa Medicago elegans var. incisa Medicago rugosa var. graeca