Fabaceae
Medicago

Medicago papillosa Boiss.

First published in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 23 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Türkiye to Transcaucasus. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/71716111/71716118

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Lyutzerna Dzhavakhetskaya, Lyutzerna Pushistaya, Lyutzerna Vorsinchataya
[ILDIS]

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
Perrenial herb arising from a stout, woody, rhizome, the root system penetrating deep into the ground
Morphology Stem
Stems numerous from rhizome 5-30(40) cm long, procumbent to ascending, appressed-hairy
Morphology Leaves
Leaflets 3-12 mm long, 2-12 mm wide, obovate, oboval, or cuneate-obovate, glabrous or essentially so above, appressed-hairy beneath, denticulately serrate on distal portion
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules triangular-lanceolate, appressed-pubescent, outer margin dentate or incised (mostly at base)
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Almost capitate with 5-15 flowers
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncle as long as or longer than subtending petiole
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 5- 8 mm long, yellow, calyx appressed-hairy, turbinate-campanulate, with unequal triangular lanceolate teeth more or less as long as the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod glabrous with a few hairs (rarely densely pubescent) or with pellucid articulate hairs, with 2-4(5) loosely adpressed coils, 3.5-6.3 mm wide, the coil face with 8-12 curving radial veins that anastomose
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
2.3-3 mm long, 1.3-1.5 mm wide, 1-2 seeds per coil, separated by thick spongy septa, yellow to brownish yellow, radicle about half length of seed.
Ecology
On dry, rocky slopes, cliffs, talus slopes and mountain pastures, occasionally in grasslands. Altitude: 1000 - 3000 m.
Conservation
Least concerned.
Phenology
Flower (Mars-July), fruit (April-July).
Distribution
Armenia, Georgia, Turkey
[SCG]

Uses

Use
Forage
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Seed Collection Guides

    • Seed Collection Guides
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0