Medicago italica
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Medica italica Mill. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Medicago polymorpha var. tornata L. (taxonomic synonym)
- Medicago tornata (L.) Mill. (taxonomic synonym)
- Medicago tornato Mill. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel. (pro parte misapplied)
- Medicago rugosa Desr. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 24 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (2-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 7 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 7 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 13.5 mm (10-17 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (9-16 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 10 | 15 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 2 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |