Medicago

Medicago
Medicago littoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Tribe: Trifolieae Genus: Medicago L.
Species
Medicago agropyretorum Medicago alatavica Medicago arabica Medicago arborea Medicago archiducis-nicolai Medicago astroites Medicago blancheana Medicago brachycarpa Medicago cancellata Medicago carstiensis Medicago caucasica Medicago ciliaris Medicago constricta Medicago coronata Medicago crassipes Medicago cretacea Medicago cyrenaea Medicago daghestanica Medicago difalcata Medicago disciformis Medicago doliata Medicago edgeworthii Medicago falcata Medicago fischeriana Medicago glomerata Medicago granadensis Medicago grossheimii Medicago gunibica Medicago heldreichii Medicago hemicoerulea Medicago heyniana Medicago hybrida Medicago hypogaea Medicago intertexta Medicago karatschaia Medicago komarovii Medicago laciniata Medicago lanigera Medicago laxispira Medicago littoralis Medicago lupulina Medicago marina Medicago medicaginoides Medicago meyeri Medicago minima Medicago monantha Medicago monspeliaca Medicago murex Medicago muricoleptis Medicago noeana Medicago orbicularis Medicago orthoceras Medicago ovalis Medicago papillosa Medicago persica Medicago phrygia Medicago pironae Medicago playtcarpa Medicago polyceratia Medicago polychroa Medicago polymorpha Medicago praecox Medicago prostrata Medicago radiata Medicago retrorsa Medicago rhodopea Medicago rigida Medicago rigidula Medicago rigiduloides Medicago rotata Medicago rugosa Medicago rupestris Medicago ruthenica Medicago sativa Medicago sauvagei Medicago saxatilis Medicago schischkinii Medicago scutellata Medicago secundiflora Medicago shepardii Medicago sinskiae Medicago soleirolii Medicago strasseri Medicago suffruticosa Medicago syriaca Medicago talyschensis Medicago tenoreana Medicago tornata Medicago transoxana Medicago truncatula Medicago tunetana Medicago turbinata Medicago vardanis Medicago virescens
Ref: ILDIS as of November 2005

Medicago (family: Fabaceae, the pea family) is a genus of perennial flowering plant, known generally as medick or burclover. The most prominent member of the genus is alfalfa (M. sativa), an important crop.

Most members of the family are low, creeping herbs. However, alfalfa grows to a height of 1 meter, and Tree Medick (M. arborea) is a shrub.

Other than alfalfa, several of the creeping members of the family have been used as forage crops.

Medicago species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Common Swift, Flame, Latticed Heath, Lime-speck Pug, Nutmeg, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Turnip Moth and case-bearers of the genus Coleophora including C. frischella (recorded on M. sativa) and C. fuscociliella (feeds exclusively on Medicago spp).^{[citation needed]}

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