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Medicago rigidula (L.)All.

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HIGHER TAXON: Trifolieae

GENUS: Medicago L.

Medicago rigidula (L.)All. [Accepted]
    Medicago agrestis DC. {Synonym}
    Medicago depressa Jordan {Synonym}
    Medicago gerardii Willd. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Algeria (N) [454]; Egypt (N) [454]; Libya (N) [454]
    Morocco (N) [454]; Tunisia (N) [454]
  Europe
    Albania (N) [754]; Balearic Is (N) [754]
    Bulgaria (N) [754]; Corsica (N) [754]
    Czechoslovakia (I) [754]; France-F.E. (N) [754]
    Greece (N) [754]; Hungary (I) [754]; Italy-F.E. (N) [754]
    Kriti (N) [754]; Portugal (N) [754]; Romania (N) [754]
    Sardegna (N) [754]; Sicilia-F.E. (N) [754]
    Spain-F.E. (N) [754]; USSR:E-F.E. (N) [754]
    USSR:W-F.E. (N) [754]; Yugoslavia (N) [754]
  Middle East
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Mediterranean bushland & thicket [360]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist,
   Esfeds(1988) Extract From Esfeds Database

  
USES:
  Forage; Weed

  
NOTES:
  doubtfully present in Turkey-European [754]
  Nodulation data also from Medicago gerardii Waldst. & Kit. [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

360.

   Quezel,P. & Santa,S., 1962
    Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq.merid.1
    Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie et des regions desertiq.merid.1

454.

   Greuter,W. & Raus,T.(Eds.), 1987
    MEDChecklist Vol.3 - Leguminosae (proofs)
    MEDChecklist Vol.3 - Leguminosae (proofs)

754.

   Heywood,V.H. & Ball,P.W., 1968
    Leguminosae.In:Flora Europaea Vol.2.ed.Tutin,T.G.et al.
    Leguminosae.In:Flora Europaea Vol.2.ed.Tutin,T.G.et al.

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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