alfalfa

Medicago sativa

Member of alfalfa complex (complex Medicago sativa)
medicks (genus Medicago)
small yellow peas
legume family (family Fabaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
purple in flowering plants

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• glabrous or puberulent
• stem generally erect
• stipules entire to sharply toothed
• corolla 6–11 mm, violet or violet- to yellow-green (yellow)

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Chris’s observations: 1 (research grade)

Locations:

• Stevens Creek Trail

Months:

• Jul.: 1

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Not all sites include this taxon:

• Medicago sativa → iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora
• not yet listed → FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora