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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
 

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

Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, D Pfalz, Speyer 25.5.2012
Fig. 1:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
D Pfalz, Speyer 25.5.2012
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, D Pfalz, Speyer 25.5.2012
Fig. 2:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
D Pfalz, Speyer 25.5.2012
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, D Pfalz, Speyer 25.5.2012
Fig. 3:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
D Pfalz, Speyer 25.5.2012
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, D Bruchsal 14.6.2006
Fig. 4:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
D Bruchsal 14.6.2006
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, D Hohwacht 13.9.2021
Fig. 5:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
D Hohwacht 13.9.2021
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, D Hohwacht 13.9.2021
Fig. 6:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
D Hohwacht 13.9.2021
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, D Hohwacht 13.9.2021
Fig. 7:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
D Hohwacht 13.9.2021
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, Croatia Plitvička 2.6.2006
Fig. 8:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
Croatia, Plitvička 2.6.2006
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, Croatia Istria, Premantura 5.6.2008
Fig. 9:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
Croatia, Istria, Premantura 5.6.2008
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, Croatia Istria, Premantura 5.6.2008
Fig. 10:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
Croatia, Istria, Premantura 5.6.2008
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, Croatia Istria, Gračišće 15.7.2007
Fig. 11:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
Croatia, Istria, Gračišće 15.7.2007
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, F St. Martin-de-Crau 9.6.2006
Fig. 12:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
F St. Martin-de-Crau 9.6.2006
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, F St. Martin-de-Crau 13.5.2007
Fig. 13:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
F St. Martin-de-Crau 13.5.2007
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, F Camargue 13.5.2007
Fig. 14:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
F Camargue 13.5.2007
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, F S. Gilles 7.6.2006
Fig. 15:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
F S. Gilles 7.6.2006
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, E Picos de Europa, Potes 16.8.2012
Fig. 16:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
E Picos de Europa, Potes 16.8.2012
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, E Picos de Europa, Potes 16.8.2012
Fig. 17:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
E Picos de Europa, Potes 16.8.2012
Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa, E Picos de Europa, Potes 16.8.2012
Fig. 18:  Medicago sativa / Lucerne, Alfalfa
E Picos de Europa, Potes 16.8.2012

 


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