Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001) as Trigonella monspeliaca L. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 2010) is Medicago monspeliaca (L.) Trautv.
Lifeform: Annual; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Canary Islands; West, Central and East Europe to the Mediterranean and Pakistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).
Habitat: Dry grasslands, hill pastures.
Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.
Medicago monspeliaca – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – flowers with flowers and pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – flowers with flowers and pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – flowers with flowers and pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – flowers with flowers and pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – flowers with flowers and pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – pods. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – stem with leaf and stipules. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – stem with leaf and stipules. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – abaxial side of stipules. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Medicago monspeliaca – abaxial side of stipules. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
