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Spotted medick

Medicago arabica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,090, February 805, March 1,261, April 1,984, May 2,861, June 3,119, July 3,338, August 2,871, September 2,107, October 1,573, November 860, December 672.
United States26,240
Alaska22,540
United Kingdom2,420
England2,347
France1,676
Texas1,193
Spain1,057
California845
Italy482
Australia446

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusmedicks · Medicago

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