Medicago lupulina
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Medicago lupulina, Linn. Black or Hop Medick. Nonesuch. Yellow Trefoil. Diffuse, the branches often rooting and becoming 2-3 ft. long, deep-rooted, and difficult to pull up: plant glabrous or slightly pubescent: lfts. oval to orbicular, toothed: stipules broad and toothed: fls. small, light yellow, in pedunculate heads: fr. nearly glabrous, spiral, becoming black. Eu.—Extensively naturalized. It has the appearance of a clover. The yellow clovers with which it is likely to be confounded have larger heads, which soon become dry and papery, and the stipules are entire. It is sometimes used as a forage or hay plant. Of no ornamental value.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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