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Medicago falcata L.

Flora Europaea (treated as a subspecies of Medicago sativa L.) the original Linnean specimen perennial, H, 2n+32, tetraploid xeric to mesic, from the steppe to the upper nemoral, frequent also as a ruderal element Palearctic Festuco-Brometea, Geranion-Sanguinei, Artemisietea, Plantaginetea R34, R87 habitats         A very versatile and common grassland species. Sanvasii, Mures county, September 2009. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com