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Medicago L.

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Medicago L., Sp. Pl. 778-781 (1753)
Medicago L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
778-781
ICN
Medicago L.
genus
Medicago

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Medicago

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Medicago L.

Annual to perennial, procumbent to erect herbs or shrubs. Lvs pinnately 3-foliolate; principal lateral veins thin and straight, terminating at leaflet margin often in a tooth; stipules adnate to petiole. Infl. axillary, racemose, sometimes forming dense heads, few- to many-flowered; bracts present subtending fls. Calyx teeth 5, ± equal. Corolla deciduous after flowering. Vexillary stamen free, the others connate; anthers uniform. Style glabrous; stigma subcapitate. Pod 2-valved, falcate or spirally coiled, scarcely dehiscent, spinous or not armed, few- to many-seeded, rarely 1-2-seeded; seeds estrophiolate, smooth and rounded in N.Z. spp.

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Medicago L.
Nepal
Medicago L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Medicago L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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e75ea17e-316a-4ecb-8931-b4251393ae85
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1 January 2000
4 September 2008
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