Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill. (Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill.)
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Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill.

Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill.

Medicago laciniata is a Medicago species found in the southern Mediterranean and Egypt's Sinai that fixes nitrogen with symbiotic bacteria.

Family
Genus
Medicago
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill.

Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill. is a plant species belonging to the genus Medicago. Its common names are cutleaf medick and tattered medick. It is primarily found in the southern Mediterranean basin, and also grows in Sinai, Egypt. This species forms a symbiotic relationship with Sinorhizobium meliloti, a bacterium that can carry out nitrogen fixation.

Photo: (c) Ori Fragman-Sapir, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ori Fragman-Sapir

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Medicago

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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