Annual herb ; up to 25 cm tall , generally glabrous . Stems ± erect to decumbent , weak , branched , sprading , glabrous . Leaves 3-foliolate , green , sometimes tinged purple or reddish ; stipules ± 6 mm , laciniate ; petiole ± 4 cm or shorter ; leaflets 5-15 x 3-10 mm , minutely dentate , apex emarginated to retuse , base tapering , glabrous above , ± glabrous on the surface below and sparsely pilose on the midrib . Inflorescences 1(-2) , in the axils of leaves . Flowers yellow , tiny ; calyx ± 2 mm , lobes ± 0 . 5 mm , sparsely pilose ; corolla with standard ± 4 mm , the whole flower well exserted from the calyx ; upper filament free , the other 9 united . Fruit pod , spherical , 2-3-coiled with hooked spines , pale yellow when mature . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Medica polymorpha (L.) Scop.
Medicago denticulata subsp. polymorpha (L.) Pit. & Proust
Medicago hispida subsp. polymorpha (L.) Rouy
Medicago polycarpa subsp. polymorpha (L.) Cadevall & Sallent
No data
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California Burclover
Toothed Bur Clover
Toothed Medick
Burr Medic
Hairy Medic
Spiny Burr Medic
Not used traditionally.
*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org *Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *http://southwestdesertflora.com
