Taxonomy: Fam.Fabaceae// Genus: Medicago// Species: Medicago lupulina L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001).
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Caucasus, West Asia to Indian Subcontinent and China, North and Northeast Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Grasslands and pastures from the lowland up to the subalpine belt; calcicole.
Medicago lupulina – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – flowering stem with inflorescences. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – flowering stem with inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – flowering stem with inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – flowering stem with inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – fruits. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – stem with fruits and abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – stem with leaf and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – stem with leaf and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – stem with leaf and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – stem with leaf and stipules. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Medicago lupulina – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – stem with inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – inflorescences with pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – inflorescence with pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – inflorescence with pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – stem with leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – abaxial side of leaf and stipules. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – abaxial side of leaf and stipules. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago lupulina – lower part of plant. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
