Forage/Livestock/Ley-farming: Bur clover is a nutritious, highly palatable and N2 fixing forage plant for slightly neutral to alkaline soils in Mediterranean climate regions (Del Pozo, 2002). In central Chile, where it is broadly naturalized, it is considered the most valuable nitrogen-fixing legume for pasture improvement (Graziano, 2010).

Medicago polymorpha is a plant species of the genus Medicago. It is native to the Mediterranean basin but is found throughout the world. It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium medicae, which is capable of nitrogen fixation. Common names include California burclover, toothed bur clover, toothed medick and burr medic.

Apr 13, 2018 · How can a clover be a weed? Is it all bad? Let’s find out! California burclover (Medicago polymorpha) is an invasive annual weed that looks a lot like other clovers. The name polymorpha refers to the fact that the burrs can be smooth or snaggish. As far as weeds go, this one isn’t entirely bad.

Medicago polymorpha (California burclover) is a perennial/annual forb/herb (family Fabaceae) found throughout California in disturbed areas such as pastures, roadsides and vacant lots. Although it is considered good forage for livestock in pastures, it can out-compete native species in natural areas.

Bur Medick is an annual or short lived perennial, flowering, shallow-rooted legume in the bean family native to the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It grows up to 2 feet, forming mats on the ground as it spreads horizontally.

Nov 3, 2022 · Burr clover is a plant that grows small yellow flowers and little burrs, which stick to your feet as you walk through the lawn. The leaves shade the grass and cause it to die back or not grow, creating bare patches in your lawn in the late fall, after the clover dies out.

Status: Burclover was introduced to North America from the Mediterranean basin and now naturalized and widely established throughout the world. Duration: Annual or perennial; plants laying flat on the ground and mat-forming with multiple branches.

Medicago is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as medick or burclover, in the legume family (Fabaceae). It contains at least 87 species and is distributed mainly around the Mediterranean Basin, [2][3] and extending across temperate Eurasia and sub-Saharan Africa. [1] .

Mar 13, 2013 · Medicago polymorpha (bur clover); bur, seed pod, lateral view. Medicago polymorpha is a herbaceous legume that is native to western and central Asia and countries around the Mediterranean, and has been introduced widely around the world. It is found in particular in regions with a Mediterranean climate, but is by no means confined to them.

When you see a plant that in every way looks like a regular clover except that it has few flowers per cluster and its maturing ovaries develop into spiny, tightly coiled legumes, you have a bur-clover, a member of the genus Medicago.