Pan India Bouquets

Medicago lupulina L.

Family : Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Synonym(s) : Lupularia parviflora Opiz; Lupulina aurata Noulet; Medica lupulina (L.) Scop.; Medicago apennina J.Woods; Medicago breviflora Gilib.; Medicago canescens Menyh.; Medicago ciliaris Lucé; Medicago corymbifera W.L.E.Schmidt ex Schltdl.; Medicago cupianiana Guss.; Medicago lupulina subvar. eriocarpa Rouy; Medicago mniocarpa Wallr. ex Ser.; Medicago reniformis Dulac; Medicago revoilii H.J.Coste & Soulié; Medicago rigidula var. eriocarpa Rouy; Medicago stipularis Wallr.; Medicago willdenowii Mérat; Medicula lupulina (L.) Medik.; Medicula lupulina subsp. jalasii (Rothm.) Holub; Medicula lupulina subsp. willdenowiana (W.D.J.Koch) Holub; Melilotus lupulinus (L.) Trautv.; Melilotus medicaginoides Zumagl.; Trifolium lupulinum (L.) Savi; Trigonella mniocarpa Wallr. ex DC.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Medicago lupulina L.
Common name : Black Medic, Hop-clover, Black Medick
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Stream banks, roadsides, waste fields, woodland margins in Himalayas, at altitudes of 1000-4000 m.
Flower, Fruit : March-June
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Macaronesia, Europe to Cacucasus, North & North-East Tropical Africa to Arabian Peninsula Indian Subcontinent to China
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 109
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Medicago lupulina. Downloaded on 27 September 2023.

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