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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Medicago polymorpha
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Medicago polymorpha
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Medicago polymorpha
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Medicago polymorpha
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-16-006:
Medicago polymorpha FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Medicago hispida
COMMON NAME:
Toothed Medick, Smooth Bur-clover
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mehi_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200229_2903
February Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Racemes capitate, 1-8 flowered. Peduncles 1-3cm. Petals yellow, 2.5-4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm200229_2906
February Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Leaflets 1-2× long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm200229_2910
February Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Stipules deeply lacerate, incised almost to the middle or beyond, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm200229_2923
February Georgetown County SC
East Bay Park
Leaflets not marked with a central dark spot, tips not strongly notched, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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JK Marlow jkm200229_2925
February Georgetown County SC
East Bay Park
Leaflets obovate to obcordate, mostly 6-15mm long, apically denticulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Medicago polymorpha
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Medicago polymorpha
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Medicago polymorpha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Medicago polymorpha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-16-006:
Medicago polymorpha
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Medicago hispida
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Forb
Annual
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas, vacant lots, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Inflorescence an axillary raceme
FRUIT:
Spring
Legume
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