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Alfalfa Complex
Medicago sativa
Alfalfa (/ælˈfælfə/) (Medicago sativa), also called lucerne, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world. It is used for grazing, hay, and silage, as well as a green manure and cover crop. The name alfalfa is used in North America. The name lucerne is the more commonly used name in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The...
7 branches of this group, most-observed first
Alfalfa
speciesMedicago sativa
sickle alfalfa
speciesMedicago falcata
Sand Lucerne
hybridMedicago × varia
Medicago glomerata
speciesMedicago glomerata
Medicago lessingii
speciesMedicago lessingii
Medicago glandulosa
speciesMedicago glandulosa
Medicago gunibica
speciesMedicago gunibica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1093263.