Alfalfa
Medicago sativa L.
 
 
  • Perennial
  • Pinnately compound trifoliolate leaf
  • serrations on less than 1/3 of the leaf
  • Inflorescence are short racemes
  • Seedpods are coiled
  • Kidney shaped seed with some mitten shaped
  • most desirable forage legume
  • likes deep, well drained, fertile, neutral soils

 

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