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Medicago arabica (L.) Huds.

spotted medick (Fabaceae / Leguminosae)

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Medicago arabica grows in open or grassy ground in southern and eastern England, south-eastern Ireland and along the Welsh coast; its leaves are almost always marked with a distinctive dark blotch.

Lewknor (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2014-04-30

 spotted medick / Medicago arabica: _Medicago arabica_ grows in open or grassy ground in southern and eastern England, south-eastern Ireland and along the Welsh coast; its leaves are almost always marked with a distinctive dark blotch.

When magnified, the edges of each coil of the fruit bear 3 parallel grooves.

Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2012-07-22

 spotted medick / Medicago arabica: When magnified, the edges of each coil of the fruit bear 3 parallel grooves.

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