| Scientific Name | Medicago polymorpha | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Bean ( Fabaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| Pealike Flowers
Leaves: Each pinnate leaf has three leaflets with toothed margins. Stem prostrate. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Niehaus, Ripper, Savage Peterson Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers p. 196 Leaf margins described as "strongly toothed". Barely toothed better describes photos 1/15/2006. | |||||||||||||
March - May
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Petiole Base |
| Leaf stipules at base of leaf petiole strongly fringed with linear teeth. |
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Seedpod |
| Seedpods round, spiny spirals. |