Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Medicago lupulina
Common name
Black medic
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Grassy areas, often moist, roadsides, and disturbed sites. Mainly Sydney area and the ACT. Sporadic elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced annual or short-lived perennial herb to 1 m tall or prostrate. Stems more or less hairy, often sticky. Leaves alternating up the stems, compound, with 3 leaflets each 0.4-1.8 cm long, 4-10 mm wide, margins toothed towards the tips; stipules strongly toothed, hairy on lower surface. Flowers 1-3 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, yellow. Flowers in 10–50-flowered clusters. Flowers mainly Oct.–Apr.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Medicago~lupulina (accessed 24 January, 2021)
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