Medicago sativa

Lucerne, Alfalfa at Hughes, ACT

Medicago sativa at Hughes, ACT - 19 Apr 2017 11:29 AM
Medicago sativa at Hughes, ACT - 19 Apr 2017 11:29 AM
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Medicago sativa 28 Apr 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Medicago sativa 20 Apr 2017 ruthkerruish

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Old sheep country.

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RussellB wrote:
   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.
ruthkerruish wrote:
   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

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