Medicago sativa
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Medicago sativa, Linn. Alfalfa. Lucerne. Fig. 2343. Perennial, glabrous, growing erect 1-3 ft. and making a long taproot: lfts. small, linear, oblong to ovate-oblong, prominently toothed toward the top: stipules awl-like, conspicuous, entire: fls. in short, axillary racemes: pods slightly pubescent, with 2 or 3 spirals. Eu.—Now widely cult, as a hay and pasture plant, being to the W. what red clover is to the N. E.; also important eastward. See Alfalfa, and books on forage plants.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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