Details for: W6 17513, Medicago arborea L., 900594


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago arborea L.
Top Name:
900594
Origin:
Collected – France
Received by NPGS:
1995
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Medicago arborea L.
Top Name:
900594
Origin:
Collected – France
Received by NPGS:
1995
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
1990.
France
Locality: Bandol, Cote D'Azur.
Elevation: 15m.
Environment description: Rocky limestone cliff above Mediterranean Sea. Rare, growing beneath Pinus lalapensis. Mediterranean conifer forest with Pinus halapensis, Quercus sp., Juniperus sp., Rhus sp., Rosmarinus officinalis.
Number of plants sampled: 1

Collector(s):
Donated
1995.
Arizona, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
900594
Type: Collector identifier

W6 17513
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
Irregularly branched shrub 2.5 m tall; trifoliate leaves; curled pods.
Medicago arborea L.
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Dendrotelis
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:

23557
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:778. 1753
Verified:
05/22/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Medicago arborea L. var. arborea

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago arborea L. var. citrina Font Quer
Medicago citrina (Font Quer) Greuter

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishmoon trefoil  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishtree medic  1Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Englishtree medick  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Frenchamourette jaune  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchluzerne arborescente  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBaumschneckenklee  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesealfalfa-gigante  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishalfalfa arbórea  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishbusklusern  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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