Medicago sativa

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Internationalization

Aragonés: Alfalz · Català: Alfals · Deutsch: Luzerne · English: Alfalfa · Español: Alfalfa · Esperanto: Luzerno · Français : Luzerne cultivée · Hornjoserbsce: Módra šlinčina · Italiano: Erba Medica · עברית: אספסת · Nederlands: Luzerne · 日本語: アルファルファ · ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Alfalfa · Polski: Lucerna siewna · Português: Alfafa · Română: Lucernă · Suomi: Alfalfa · Svenska: Blålusern · Tiếng Việt: Cỏ linh lăng · Türkçe: Yonca ·  · 中文: 紫花苜蓿 ·
Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Plantae • Divisio: Magnoliophyta • Classis: Magnoliopsida • Subclassis: Rosidae • Ordo: Fabales • Familia: Fabaceae • Subfamilia: Faboideae • Tribus: Trifolieae • Genus: Medicago


Species: Medicago sativa L. (1753)

see also: Medicago falcata

Contents

[edit] Fields

Lucern field in Morocco

[edit] Plants

[edit] Habit

dark violet flowers

light violet flowers

white flowers

yellow flowers

yellow flowers

yellow flowers

[edit] Flowers

[edit] Seeds and Seed Pods

Medicago sativa seeds

Medicago sativa ssp. sativa seeds

Medicago sativa ssp. sativa seeds

[edit] Sprouts

alfalfa sprouts

alfalfa sprouts bought in the Netherlands

[edit] Pests

An alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata) on an alfalfa flower

[edit] Illustrations

Medicago sativa
Illustration in:
Otto Wilhelm Thomé: "Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz", Gera (1885)

Medicago sativa
Illustration in:
Otto Wilhelm Thomé: "Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz", Gera (1885)

3. (left) Medicago sativa
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