Medicago sativa
Lucerne, Alfalfa at Hughes, ACT
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| Medicago sativa | MichaelMulvaney | 28 Apr 2017 | |
| Medicago sativa | ruthkerruish | 20 Apr 2017 |
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User's notes
Old sheep country.
3 comments
26 Apr 2017
This looks like it could be a Desmodium. Medicago should have more serrate leaf tips, but this might be just a young plant. Photos of bracts, or flowers as they develop should answer this question.
27 Apr 2017
Yes it is a relatively young plant because it is in a section of the woodland that gets regularly mowed and just appears now and again! We do have Desmodium varians growing in another part of the woodland.
29 Apr 2017
Only two local Desmodiums in Hughes area, D. varens and D, brachypodium and it is not either of these
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098801-35.338290
- Altitude 615.4m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 19 Apr 2017 11:29 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
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Species information
- Medicago sativa Scientific name
- Lucerne, Alfalfa Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 746.41m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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