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Medicago orbicularis  (L.) BARTAL.

Fam.: Fabaceae / Legumes

Genus:  Medicago  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	BARTAL.:		Biagio Bartalini (1746 - 1822), Italian physician and botanist

Etymology:
	Medicago:		from Media, the country of the former Medes in today Iran, where Lucerne Medicago sativa comes from
	orbicularis:		round (fruit)

Fig. 1:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007

Fig. 2:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007

Fig. 3:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007

Fig. 4:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover I Perugia 3.6.2007

Fig. 5:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover I Perugia 3.6.2007

Fig. 6:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover GR Igoumenitsa 13.5.2008

Fig. 7:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover Croatia, Korčula, Prizba 5.4.2006

Fig. 8:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover Corsica, Asco 25.5.2010

Fig. 9:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover Corsica, Asco 25.5.2010

Fig. 10:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 11:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 12:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 13:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover Crete, Preveli Beach 3.4.2015

Fig. 14:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover Chios, Anavatos 28.3.2016

Fig. 15:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover Chios, Anavatos 28.3.2016

Fig. 16:  Medicago orbicularis / Button Clover Chios, Anavatos 28.3.2016

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