85000001 The Euro+Med Plantbase Project
Details for: Medicago sativa subsp. sativa
Source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).

Name: Medicago sativa L. subsp. sativa
Rank: Subspecies
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Rosanae
                         Ordo - Fabales Bromhead
                              Familia - Fabaceae Lindl.
                                   Tribus - Trifolieae
                                        Genus - Medicago L.
                                             Species - Medicago sativa L.
                                                 
 
Comments: Native range, if such ever existed, cannot now be discerned, Possible origin in the western distribution range of subsp.microcarpa
Common names: Alfalfa (French), Lucerne (French)[Credits]
Conservation Status: Not Threatened
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: [AE(G) Ag Al Au(A) Be(B) Bl Br Bu Co Cr Cy Cz Da Eg Fe Ga(F) Ge Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(S) Hu IJ It Ju LS Lu Ma No Po Rm Sa Si(S) Su Tn Tu(A E)]
Use: Forage