Medicago sativa ssp. falcata Calflora

Calflora, a 501c3 non-profit

Taxon Report

Medicago sativa L. ssp. falcata (L.) Arcang.

(not an active name)

Yellow alfalfa

2003 Michael Charters

2005 Louis-M. Landry

2003 Michael Charters

2011 Jean Pawek

Medicago sativa ssp. falcata is a perennial herb that is not native to California.

also called Medicago sativa


	Plant Range Observation Search ~740 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Parent:	Medicago sativa
Genus:	Medicago
Family:	Fabaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs in non wetlands

Communities: escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Medicago falcata var. romanica
PLANTS	Medicago falcata
JEF	Medicago sativa

Information about Medicago sativa ssp. falcata from other sources


USDA PLANTS Profile (MESAF) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
photos / record / common / links N:!N:!N:!N:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/22/2024).