Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Medicago minima
Common name
Woolly burr medic, Small woolly burr medic, Little medic
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Grassy areas, disturbed sites, roadsides, and along streams. Mainly Sydney area and the ACT. Sporadic elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced annual herb, prostrate to erect, branches to 0.9 m long. Seed cases spiny. Stems hairy, often sticky. Leaves alternating along the stems, compound, with three leaflets each 0.3-1.5 cm long, 2-10 mm wide, upper surface sometimes with darker flecks, densely hairy when young, sometimes sticky, margins entire or toothed, tips notched or rounded, and with a small straight point, stipules entire or with minute teeth. Flowers yellow, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel. Standard petal 3.5-5 mm long. Flowers.in clusters of 1–8 flowers. Flowers Jul.–Jan.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl= sp&name=Medicago~minima (accessed 24 January, 2021)
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