Medicago polymorpha L.

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Medicago polymorpha L.

Subglabrous annual; stems prostrate to ascending, 10–40 cm. Stipules laciniate. Leaflets obovate to obtriangular, glabrous above, sometimes thinly pilose beneath, serrate in front. Peduncles filiform, shorter than or equalling petiole of subtending leaf. Inflorescence 2–8-flowered, usually several fruits developing. Corolla 4–7 mm, pale yellow. Legume discoid to shortly cylindrical, usually 5–6 mm in diam. (not including spines), glabrous, with 2–5 rather lax coils; marginal and submarginal veins well developed, separated by a groove; surface of coils with a conspicuous network of raised veins; spines c. 2 mm, patent, often uncinate.

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Medicago polymorpha

Medicago polymorpha

Medicago polymorpha

Medicago polymorpha