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فِصَّة قَصْعِيَّة / قرطة (ترسية) /

Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill.

Edibility and usage

Edibility

Unknown

Blooming period

February to April

Seed collection period

May to July

Description

Perenniality

Annual

Petal colour

Yellow

Leaf type

Compound
Trifoliolate

Life form

Annual

Scientifc data

Genus

Medicago

Family

Fabaceae

Wikidata item

Q4118429

GBIF Item

Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill. (2965397)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

References

Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
IUCN Red List. (2021, November 20).
Al-Atawneh, N., Shehadeh, A., Amri, A., & Maxted, N. (2009). Conservation Field Guide to Medics of the Mediterranean Basin. ICARDA: Syria.

Citation

Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill. in Barari platform (2024). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/563 accessed via barari.org on 10/14/2024.