Medicago sativa

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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 · Walon: Luzere · 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)

[edit] Fields


Lucern field in Morocco

[edit] Plants

[edit] Habit


	dark violet flowers	light violet flowers	white flowers
yellow flowers	yellow flowers	yellow flowers

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[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
3. (left) Medicago sativa
(top right) Medicago sativa	(center right) Medicago sativa