Citation: Desr. in Lam., Encycl. 3:632 (1792).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Gamma medic.

Description:
Glandular-pubescent annual, branches 10-50 cm; leaflets obovate to oblanceolate, 10-15 x 7-10 mm; stipules lanceolate, incise-dentate; peduncles l-5-flowered, longer than the petiole.

Flowers 3-4 mm long, on pedicels equalling in length the calyx tube; calyx longer than half of the flower, with simple hairs; teeth shorter than or as long as the tube; petals yellow; standard elliptic; wings shorter than the keel.

Pods discoid, 5-10 mm across, glabrescent, not spiny, turning clockwise in 2 or 3 turns; transverse veins scarcely anastomosing, becoming strongly thickened towards the strong marginal vein, forming an elevated dorsal suture, the rib-like protrusions join at right angles; seeds 3-4 mm long, yellow to light-brown, 1 per coil.

Published illustration: K. A. & I. Lesins (1979) Genus Medicago, fig. 47.

Distribution:  a Mediterranean species; in S.Aust. widely sown as a pasture plant, but probably not truly naturalised. S.Aust.: NL, SE. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: spring.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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