Medicago minima – eFlora of India

March 13, 2011
Medicago

Medicago minima (L.) Grufberg, Fl. Angl. 21 21 1754. (Unresolved) (Syn: Medicago minima (L.) Lam.);

Little bur clover, Small medick, bur clover;

Annual pubescent herb looking similar to M. polymorpha but easily differentiated by hairy stems, nearly entire stipules , smaller 5-10 mm long leaflets and smaller fruit with 3-5 coils and spines away from marginal border, at right-angles to the disc.

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Medicago minima from Kashmir – efloraofindia | Google Groups : Baramula on June 24, 2010;

Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: Medicago minima from Kashmir:

Medicago minima (Linn.) Grufb in Linn.Amoen. 4:105. 1759.

syn: Medicago polymorpha var. minima Linn.

Common names: bur medick, little bur–clover

Annual pubescent herb looking similar to M. polymorpha but easily differentiated by hairy stems, nearly entire stipules , smaller 5-10 mm long leaflets and smaller fruit with 3-5 coils and spines away from marginal border, at right-angles to the disc.

Photographed from roadsides at Baramulla, Kashmir

Everything small and hairy in the plant

Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Medicago minima from Kashmir-GSOCT45/50 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)

Medicago minima (Linn.) Grufb in Linn.Amoen. 4:105. 1759.

syn: Medicago polymorpha var. minima Linn.

Common names: bur medick, little bur–clover

Annual pubescent herb looking similar to M. polymorpha but easily differentiated by hairy stems, nearly entire stipules , smaller 5-10 mm long leaflets and smaller fruit with 3-5 coils and spines away from marginal border, at right-angles to the disc.

Photographed from roadsides at Baramulla, Kashmir

burrs!! nice pictures

References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-13066790

http://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Medicago_minima.php

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