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sickle alfalfa
Medicago falcata
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
bird's-foot trefoilLotus corniculatus
Yellow SweetcloverMelilotus officinalis
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
meadow peaLathyrus pratensis
AlfalfaMedicago sativa
hop trefoilTrifolium campestre
Lesser hop trefoilTrifolium dubium
large hop cloverTrifolium aureum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 37,866 |
|---|---|
| Russia | 10,998 |
| Ukraine | 1,264 |
| Moscow Oblast | 723 |
| Austria | 622 |
| Moscow | 588 |
| Irkutsk Oblast | 555 |
| Penza Oblast | 546 |
| Chelyabinsk Oblast | 522 |
| Poland | 479 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group
Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | medicks · Medicago |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise sickle alfalfa with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.