button medick

Medicago orbicularis

Member of medicks (genus Medicago)
small yellow peas
legume family (family Fabaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• ± glabrous
• stem spreading, mat-forming
• stipules generally divided ± to base into a cluster of bristles
• corolla 3–6 mm, yellow with ± dark purple spot on back of banner
• Jepson says it’s a waif, but its been recorded around Quicksilver for 50 years now

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Chris’s observations: none

Not all sites include this taxon:

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora