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	Medicago arabica (L.) HUDS.

Fam.: Fabaceae / Legumes

Genus: Medicago L.

Authors:
	L.:	Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	HUDS.:	William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist

Etymology:
	Medicago:	from Media, the country of the former Medes in today Iran, where Lucerne Medicago sativa comes from
	arabica:	from Arabia

The Spotted Medick is a mediterranean plant. The origin of the Weinheim plants is most probably a seed mixture for cattle fodder.

Fig. 1: Medicago arabica / Spotted Medick
Croatia, Istria, Motovun 28.5.2006

Fig. 2: Medicago arabica / Spotted Medick
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019

Fig. 3: Medicago arabica / Spotted Medick
GR Dodoni 14.5.2008

Fig. 4: Medicago arabica / Spotted Medick
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 6.5.2008

Fig. 5: Medicago arabica / Spotted Medick
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 6.5.2008

Fig. 6: Medicago arabica / Spotted Medick
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 6.5.2008

Fig. 7: Medicago arabica / Spotted Medick
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 6.5.2008

Fig. 8: Medicago arabica / Spotted Medick
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 6.5.2008

Fig. 9: Medicago arabica ? / Spotted Medick
I Liguria, Zuccarello 19.5.2013

Fig. 10: Medicago arabica ? / Spotted Medick
I Liguria, Zuccarello 19.5.2013

Fig. 11: Medicago arabica ? / Spotted Medick
I Liguria, Zuccarello 19.5.2013

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