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.

 


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

syn: Medicago polymorpha var. minima Linn.

Common names: bur medick, little burclover 
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


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

syn: Medicago polymorpha var. minima Linn.

Common names: bur medick, little burclover 
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


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