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Learn more about Black Medick from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Medicago lupulina
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Medicago lupulina
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-16-003:
Medicago lupulina
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Black Medick, Yellow Trefoil
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_melu_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_melu_007_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_lupulina_9164
March Catawba County NC
Dark green taprooted annual with a spreading, prostrate growth habit, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_lupulina_0228
May Iredell County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_lupulina_0231
May Iredell County NC
Flowers in small heads, in a sprawling plant that resembles the Hop Clovers, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_lupulina_0231b
May Iredell County NC
Flowers fall off soon after blooming, revealing curved legumes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_m_lupulina_0231c
May Iredell County NC
Leaflets obovate to elliptic, toothed near (& with a small spur at) the tip, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound