''Medicago falcata'' is a plant species of the genus ''
Medicago
''Medicago'' is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as medick or burclover, in the legume family (Fabaceae). It contains at least 87 species and is distributed mainly around the Mediterranean basin. The best-known member of the genus is ...
''. It is native to much of Europe and Asia,
but is found throughout the world. It forms a
symbiotic
Symbiosis (from Greek , , "living together", from , , "together", and , bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasit ...
relationship with the bacterium ''
Sinorhizobium meliloti'', which is capable of
nitrogen fixation. Its common names include yellow lucerne, sickle alfalfa, yellow-flowered alfalfa, yellow alfalfa, sickle medick and yellow medick.
References
External links
International Legume Database & Information Services
falcata
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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Flora of Lebanon and Syria