Medicago minima, (L.) Bartal.

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 : 157

37. M. minima (L.) Bartal. , Cat. Piante Siena 61 (1776).

Villous annual up to 40 cm. Leaflets obovate or obcordate, dentate near the apex; stipules lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sometimes shallowly dentate near the base. Racemes 1- to 6(-8)-flowered. Corolla 4-4-5 mm. Legume 3-5 mm in diameter, in a lax spiral of 3-5 turns, subglobose, sparsely villous and somewhat glandular, nearly always spiny; transverse veins slender, curved, not anastomosing; submarginal vein wide, separated from the narrow, flat or convex marginal vein by a wide groove; spines very short to longer than the diameter of the legume, patent, usually uncinate, deeply sulcate at base. 2zz=16. Most o f Europe, except the north and some islands. Al Au Be BI Br Bu Co Cr Cz Da Ga Ge G r He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (W, K, E) Sa Si Su?Tu.