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Medicago rigidula
thorny buttons
Botanical details
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Medicago
- Genus description
Medicago are annuals, perennials or small shrubs. Leaves have three leaflets and may be light, yellow-, mid- or blue-green. Their short sprays of pea-like flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies
- Name status
Correct
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