| BRIEF DESCRIPTION A hairy, usually procumbent legume reaching 10-50 cm with small yellow flowers and pods with hooked spines. USES Utilized for pasture and hay. GROWING PERIOD Annual or sometimes biennial. The plant it self-pollinated and self regenerating, propagating itself by seeds. (GMIN & GMAX estimated by the compiler). COMMON NAMES Tifton medick, Luzerne rigide, Luzerne de Gerard, Lampourdette. FURTHER INF Scientific synonym: M. gerardi. Tifton medick occur in western and southern Europe, in the Mediterranean region and in western and central Asia. In Iraq it can be found on stony and rocky hillsides, dry mountain slopes, gravelly foothills, gypseous hills and sandy gravel plains at elevations between 200-1200 m. In Israel it also occurs on heavy soils and is common in dwarf shrub associations, in fields and along roadsides up to 1600 m in elevation. |
