Black Medick
Medicago lupulina L.
Other names: Hop Clover, Yellow Trefoil
Family: Fabaceae, Pea
Genus: Medicago ...
Black Medick
Characteristics
This is identified from other clovers by its yellow peaflowers and tiny black seed pods.
Medicago lupulina (Black Medic)
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
This is a very common native of Europe and Asia, now often used for roadside reseeding in the Untied States.
black medic Medicago lupulina
black mustard Brassica nigra
black nightshade Solanum nigrum
black peppermint Eucalyptus amygdalina
black pine Pinus thunbergiana
black poplar; Lombardy poplar Populus nigra ...
lupulina (Black Medic) - M. lupulina lupulina (Black Medic Clover) - M. lupulina var. cupaniana (Black Medic) - M. marina (Coastal Medick) - M. minima (Bur Medick) - M. minima var. minima (Bur Medick) - M. monantha (Medick) - M.
other three-leafed plants - such as black medic (Medicago lupulina), red clover (Trifolium pratense), and Common wood sorrel (genus Oxalis) - are sometimes designated as shamrocks.
The other clover-like species occasionally encountered as lawn weeds, including Lotus corniculatus (birds foot trefoil), Medicago lupulina (black medick), ...
A small legume similar in appearance to Black medic, Medicago lupulina, but with fruit in four to six coils and conspicuously linear shaped stipules. Scattered on a variety of sites in central Oklahoma and Texas.
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Black Medick (Medicago lupulina), a very similar plant, is sometimes substituted for the Clover, from which it may be distinguished by the leaflets being rounded, not notched, at the top, and by the tiny pod being twisted.
The actual species of the true shamrock has long been debated, but the plants most often favored and used are the white clover (Trifolium repens), the black medic (Medicago lupulina), the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella), ...
 See also: Medic, Clover, Clove, White Clover, Sorrel
  
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