Spreading annual herb ; up to 20 cm high , subglabrous or sparsely pilose . Stems several arising from the base , decumbent to ascending , spreading , glabrous . Leaves 3-foliolate , alternate , petiolate , grey-green ; stipules laciniate , with simple hairs beneath ; leaflets 5-15 x 7-9 mm , dentate , apex truncate to retuse , base cuneate , glabrous above , glabrous on the surface below and sparsely pilose on the midrib . Inflorescences 1–2-flowered , in axillary racemes ; peduncle up to 2 cm long . Flowers yellow , very small ; calyx ± 2 mm , lobes ± 0 . 5 mm , sparsely pilose ; teeth equal , shorter than the tube , hairy ; corolla with standard ± 4 mm , the whole flower well exserted from the calyx ; wings shorter than the keel ; keel blunt , oblong ; upper filament free , the other 9 united . Fruit pods , spherical or ovoid , usually glabrous , with 5-7 coils , 8-10 seeded with hooked spines ± 2 mm long arranged in 2 rows on the thickened suture . Seeds c . 3
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Medicago aschersoniana var. brachyacantha (Boiss.) Urb.
Medicago diffusa Poir.
Medicago laciniata var. brachyacantha Boiss.
Medicago leonis Sennen & Mauricio
Medicago schimperiana Hochst. ex Boiss.
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Cutleaf Medick
Cut-Leaved Medick
Tattered Medick
Not used traditionally.
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