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'Medicago' (family: Fabaceae, the pea family) is a genus of perennial flowering plant, known generally as 'medick' or 'burclover'. The most prominent member of the genus is alfalfa (''M. sativa''), an important crop.
Most members of the family are low, creeping herbs. However, alfalfa grows to a height of 1 meter, and Tree Medick (''M. arborea'') is a shrub.
Other than alfalfa, several of the creeping members of the family have been used as forage crops.
''Medicago'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Common Swift, Flame, Latticed Heath, Lime-speck Pug, Nutmeg, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Turnip Moth and case-bearers of the genus ''Coleophora'' including ''C. frischella'' (recorded on ''M. sativa'') and ''C. fuscociliella'' (feeds exclusively on ''Medicago spp'').
'Medicago' (family: Fabaceae, the pea family) is a genus of perennial flowering plant, known generally as 'medick' or 'burclover'. The most prominent member of the genus is alfalfa (''M. sativa''), an important crop.
Most members of the family are low, creeping herbs. However, alfalfa grows to a height of 1 meter, and Tree Medick (''M. arborea'') is a shrub.
Other than alfalfa, several of the creeping members of the family have been used as forage crops.
''Medicago'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Common Swift, Flame, Latticed Heath, Lime-speck Pug, Nutmeg, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Turnip Moth and case-bearers of the genus ''Coleophora'' including ''C. frischella'' (recorded on ''M. sativa'') and ''C. fuscociliella'' (feeds exclusively on ''Medicago spp'').
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