Flora of North America species comparison

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Medicago sect. Medicago
Habit Herbs perennial.
Legumes

curved or coiled [straight], prickleless [prickly], coil edges not paper-thin, multi-seeded.
Cotyledons

epulvinate.
Seeds

smooth;

radicle 1/2–2/3 seed length, usually slightly longer than 1/2.

Medicago sect. Medicago
Distribution
n Mexico; Europe; Asia; n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in West Indies, Central America, South America, Pacific Islands, Australia]
Discussion

Species 12 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Medicago
Subordinate taxa
Name authority unknown
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