Yellow Lucerne, Sickle Alfalfa, Yellow-flowered Alfalfa, Yellow Alfalfa, Sickle Medick or Yellow Medick, Medicago falcata, Fabaceae. Totternhoe Knolls

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Yellow Lucerne, Sickle Alfalfa, Yellow-flowered Alfalfa, Yellow Alfalfa, Sickle Medick or Yellow Medick, Medicago falcata, Fabaceae. Totternhoe Knolls, Chilterns, UK. Medicago falcata is a plant species of the genus Medicago native to much of Europe and Asia, but is found throughout the world. It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, which is capable of nitrogen fixation.

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Location: Totternhoe Knolls, Chilterns, UK.
Photo credit: © Florapix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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