Medicago blancheana, Boiss.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 155

17. M. blancheana Boiss. , Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 3(5): 75 (1856).

Pubescent annual up to 60 cm. Leaflets obovate or elliptical, cuneate, dentate to deeply incise-dentate at base. Racemes 1- to 3-flowered. Corolla 7-9 mm. Legume 8-12 mm in diameter, in a spiral of 4-6 turns, lenticular to globose, glabrous to more or less pubescent, not spiny; transverse veins strong, with abundant, weaker anastomosing branches forming a strong subquadrate network joining the submarginal and marginal veins. Naturalized in Italy and C. & S. Portugal, a casual elsewhere in Europe. [It Lu.] (Asia Minor.)