OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Medicago sativa   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Medicago sativa ssp. sativa   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Medicago sativa ssp. falcata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Medicago sativa ssp. sativa

INCLUDING Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Medicago falcata

INCLUDING Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Medicago sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-16-001:

Medicago sativa   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Medicago falcata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Medicago sativa

 

COMMON NAME:
Alfalfa, Lucerne, Blue Alfalfa


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Medicago sativa   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Medicago sativa ssp. sativa   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Medicago sativa ssp. falcata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Medicago sativa ssp. sativa

INCLUDING Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Medicago falcata

INCLUDING Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Medicago sativa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-16-001:
Medicago sativa   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Medicago falcata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Medicago sativa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3267

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Southeast Europe

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet, purple (rarely white or varicolored)
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Inflorescence an axillary raceme

FRUIT:
Summer
Legume

 

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