Medicago arborea

Tree Medick
Conservation status
secure[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Medicago
Species: M. arborea
Binomial name
Medicago arborea
L.
Synonyms
  • Medicago arborea var. citrina Font Quer
  • Medicago arborea subsp. citrina (Font Quer) O. Bolòs & Vigo
  • Medicago arborescens C. Presl
  • Medicago citrina (Font Quer) Greuter
  • Rhodusia arborea (L.) Vassilcz.
  • Trigonella arborea (L.) Vassilcz.

Medicago arborea is a plant species of the genus Medicago. Common names include moon trefoil, shrub medick, alfalfa arborea, and tree medick. It is found throughout Europe and especially in the Mediterranean basin, primarily on rocky shores among shrubby vegetation. It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, which is capable of nitrogen fixation. It is the only member of the genus Medicago which is used as an ornamental. M. arborea is sometimes misidentified as Cytisus, which it resembles.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "ILDIS page on Medicago arborea". Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  2. ↑ Lesinš, Karlis Adolfs; Lesinš, Irma (1979). Genus Medicago (Leguminosae). The Hague, The Netherlands: Dr. W. Junk bv Publishers. p. 132. ISBN 90-6193-598-9.

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