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Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel.

shore medick (Fabaceae / Leguminosae)

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Medicago littoralis has fruits with swollen ridges; it is a Mediterranean–Atlantic species that has become naturalised on a single beach in Kent.

Whitstable (VC15: East Kent); 2019-06-11

 shore medick / Medicago littoralis: _Medicago littoralis_ has fruits with swollen ridges; it is a Mediterranean–Atlantic species that has become naturalised on a single beach in Kent.

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