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Distribution by County   5387    
Medicago sativa  L.
Alfalfa
Medicago sativa is a perennial herb that is not native to California.
Record Count by County

Alameda: 16 Lake: 1 Placer: 5 Sierra: 2
Alpine: 1 Lassen: 5 Plumas: 3 Siskiyou: 3
Butte: 16 Los Angeles: 68 Riverside: 28 Solano: 8
Calaveras: 4 Madera: 25 Sacramento: 5 Sonoma: 6
Colusa: 3 Marin: 7 San Bernardino: 35 Stanislaus: 6
Contra Costa: 5 Mariposa: 1 San Diego: 24 Sutter: 4
El Dorado: 10 Mendocino: 3 San Francisco: 5 Tehama: 12
Fresno: 148 Merced: 7 San Joaquin: 5 Trinity: 1
Glenn: 1 Modoc: 2 San Luis Obispo: 22 Tulare: 5
Humboldt: 8 Mono: 9 San Mateo: 8 Tuolumne: 1
Imperial: 6 Monterey: 15 Santa Barbara: 58 Ventura: 32
Inyo: 9 Napa: 7 Santa Clara: 13 Yolo: 9
Kern: 36 Nevada: 2 Santa Cruz: 9
Kings: 2 Orange: 13 Shasta: 1

Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 11/21/2024).