Medicago littoralis

Medicago littoralis, flowering plant with unripe fruits

Medicago littoralis is a species of the genus alfalfa (Medicago ).

Description

Medicago littoralis is an annual herbaceous plant that reaches the plant height 10-15 inches.

The alternate and spirally arranged, petiolate leaves are pinnate three parts. The leaflets are inverted - triangular to obovate. The Spreitenrand is cut in the upper part. The spreading hairy on both sides are tight. The stipules are denticulate.

The racemose inflorescences bear 2-5 butterfly flowers. The inflorescence axis is a third longer than the petiole of the adjacent sheet.

The legumes are helically rolled and thorny. The screws are small, cylindrical and glabrous. The spines are 4-5 millimeters long and are at an angle of 90 ° to 120 ° to Windungsoberfläche. Each sleeve contains three seeds.

Dissemination

The species is native to the Mediterranean and occurs both in the European Mediterranean countries, as well as in the Middle East and North Africa. She is also on the Canary Islands, distributed on the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Neophyte reserves are found on the east coast of the United States and in Western and South Australia.

Ecology

Medicago littoralis lives in a mutualistic symbiosis with nodule bacteria ( Rhizobiaceae ) Sinorhizobium meliloti. This has the capacity to bind elemental molecular nitrogen.

Culture

The species is used as fodder plants, while it can be processed into both hay and silage. The proceeds are then at 1.2 to 5 tons of forage per acre or 0.4 to 2.6 tons of hay per acre.

Swell

• Template: Internet resource / maintenance / access date not in ISO format template: Internet resource / Maintenance / date not in ISO format Manuel Luis Gil González: Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel. In: Flora Vascular de Canarias. May 30, 2009, accessed on 19 June 2009.
• Template: Internet resource / maintenance / access date not in ISO format template: Internet resource / Maintenance / date is not in the ISO FormatMedicago littoralis Lois. In: ILDIS Legumes of the World. June 14, 2001, accessed on 19 June 2009.
• Template: Internet resource / maintenance / access date is not in the ISO FormatMedicago littoralis. In: Ecocrop. Retrieved on 19 June 2009.
• L. Brockwell: Sinorhizobium meliloti in Australian soils: population studies of the root - nodule bacteria for species of Medicago in soils of the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. In: Australian journal of experimental agriculture. 41, No. 6, 2001, ISSN 0816-1089, pp. 753-762, doi: 10.1071/EA00194.

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