Common name:
Spotted medick
Family:
Scientific name:
Medicago arabica
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Wales and southern Scotland, especially in coastal areas
Height:
A few cm - a creeping, prostrate species
Habitat:
Dry grassland, verges
Flowers:
Solitary, or in loose clusteres of up to five; an all-yellow corolla and a green calyx, divided more than half its height into triangular lobes. On stalks lined with a few straggly hairs
Fruit:
Globular, spiral pods, lined by hooked teeth
Leaves:
Three hairless, ovate leaflets, lined by small teeth, with a slightly longer tooth at the tip. Leaflets have a dark blotch at the center, often shaped like an inverted V
Season:
April to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
