Low annual herb ; up to 30 cm high , hairy . Stems prostrate to spreading . Leaves 3-foliolate with small stipules ; leaflets 5–10 mm long , 4–5 mm wide , obovate , with dense simple and glandular hairs , wedge-shaped , tapering to the base , toothed near the tip . Inflorescences in 3-8-flowered racemes . Flowers yellow ; sepals pubescent , teeth shorter than the tube , one is usually longer ; corolla 2 . 5-3 mm , less than twice shorter than the calyx , yellow to pale yellow . Fruit pod , 2-4 mm diam , black to blackish brown , shortly cylindrical , in a lax spiral of 1–2 turns , usually pubescent , spiny ; spines short , straight , deeply grooved or furrowed . Seeds 1–3 , reniform , bright brown or yellowish . (Ref . http://www . cretanflora . com) .
No Data
Least Concern (LC) - Not Threatened (NT) - Global Assessment (New Record for Oman)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Diploprion medicaginoides Viv.
Medica coronata (L.) Medik.
Medicago libyca Spreng.
Medicago polymorpha var. coronata L.
Medicago urbanii Heldr. ex Boiss.
Medicago vermicularis Ces.
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Crown Medick
Not used traditionally.
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