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Medicago truncatula
Also called Barrel medic, Strong Spined Medick, Barrel Clover, Caltrop Medic, Cylindrical Bur Medic, Strong Spine Medick, Barrel Medick
Barrelclover is a small, low-growing annual legume from the Mediterranean, valued as a forage crop and as a research model plant. It grows best as a cool-season annual in full sun and is rarely grown as an ornamental.
Medicago truncatula, the barrelclover, strong-spined medick, barrel medic, or barrel medick, is a small annual legume native to the Mediterranean region that is used in genomic research.
It is an important forage crop species in Australia.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Medicago truncatula by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
