Close up and information of this plant from http://www.missouriplants.com/Yellowalt/Medicago_polymorpha_page.html
tanay On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Medicago polymorpha L. (syn: M. hispida Gaertn., M. denticulata Willd.) > from Delhi, common as weed in fields, wastelands, and roadsides. > Photographed in March from Vikas Puri, New Delhi. > > Common names > English: Californian bur clover, Toothed bur clover, Toothed medik > Hindi, Punjab: Maina > Delhi: Maina, Chandausi > French: Luzerne hérissée > German: Rauher Schneckenklee > > Used as green fodder, also as vegetable, also for soil binding. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
