Medicago rotata

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Medicago rotata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Rosopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Medicago
Species: M. rotata
Binomial name
Medicago rotata
Boiss.

Medicago rotata is a plant species of the genus Medicago. It is found throughout the eastern Mediterranean from Turkey to Israel. It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium medicae, which is capable of nitrogen fixation.

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