Alfalfa Complex
ಆಲ್ಫಾಲ್ಫअल्फाल्फाகுதிரை மசால்
Medicago sativa L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 99 cm
- wide
- —
Fabaceae
Also called Lucern, Purple Medic, Lucerne complex, Lucerne
Formerly Medica sativa
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or annualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Medit. to C. Asia and IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 99 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Cream, yellow, purple, blueRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Czech
- okruh tolice seté, alfalfa, tolice vojtěška
- Chinese
- 紫苜蓿, 苜蓿, 紫苜蓿（紫花苜蓿）
- Afrikaans
- klawer, lusering, lusern
- Chinese (China)
- 苜蓿种团, 紫苜蓿种团
- Turkish
- Kara Yonca Tür Kompleksi
- Dutch
- Luzerne-complex, Luzerne
- Swedish
- foderlusern, Lusern
- Spanish
- alfás, zarza, alfalfa
- Persian
- یونجه, اسپست
- Simplified Chinese
- 苜蓿, 紫花苜蓿, 紫苜蓿
- German
- Luzerne
- French
- Luzerne, Alfalfa, luzerne commune
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Medicago sativa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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