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Medicago truncatula
About
Medicago truncatula, the barrelclover, strong-spined medick, barrel medic, or barrel medick, is a small annual legume native to the Mediterranean region that is used in genomic research. It is a low-growing, clover-like plant 10–60 centimetres (3.9–23.6 in) tall with trifoliate leaves. Each leaflet is rounded, 1–2 centimetres (0.39–0.79 in) long, often with a dark spot in the center. The flowers are yellow, produced singly or in a small inflorescence of two to five together; the fruit is a small, spiny pod.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Medicago truncatula
- Slug
- medicago-truncatula
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Medicago
- Species
- truncatula
- Wikidata QID
- Q136894
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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