Little Bur-clover / فِصَّة قَزِمة

دُرَيس / Least Medick

Medicago minima (L.) Bartal.

Seed Pods & Leaves, April. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
March to April
Seed collection period
May to July

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Compound
  • Trifoliolate
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Medicago L.
Family
Fabaceae
Wikidata item
Q144139
GBIF Item
Medicago minima (L.) Bartal. (8073758)

References

  1. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  2. Al-Atawneh, N., Shehadeh, A., Amri, A., & Maxted, N. (2009). Conservation Field Guide to Medics of the Mediterranean Basin. ICARDA: Syria.
  3. Medicago minima (L.) Bartal. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-19.

Citation

Medicago minima (L.) Bartal. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/786 accessed via barari.org on 2/18/2026.

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