Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution






























Geogr. District
- Mt. Hermon (V. Rare)
- Golan (V. Common)
- Hula Plain (Common)
- Upper Galilee (V. Common)
- Lower Galilee (V. Common)
- Kinnroth Valley (V. Common)
- Mt. Carmel (V. Common)
- Esdraelon Plain (V. Common)
- Mt. Gilboa (V. Common)
- Bet Shean Valley (Common)
- Coastal Galilee (V. Common)
- Acco Plain (V. Common)
- Coast of Carmel (V. Common)
- Sharon Plain (V. Common)
- Philistean Plain (V. Common)
- Samaria (Common)
- Samarian Desert (Rare)
- Lower Jordan Valley (Common)
- Shefela (V. Common)
- Judean Mountains (V. Common)
- Judean Desert (Rare)
- Dead-Sea Valley (Rare)
- Northern Negev (Common)
- Negev Highlands (Rare)
- Southern Negev (V. Rare)
- Arava Valley (Rare)
- Gilead (Common)
- Ammon (V. Rare)
- Moav (V. Rare)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
Family
Additional Names
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- אַסְפֶּסֶת מְצוּיָה
- Synonym (Scientific):
- Medicago hispida Gaertn.
תכונות וזיהוי
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- annual
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- ephemeral
- Petal or tepal color:
- yellow
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- April, March
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node)
- Leaf Type:
- compound, trifoliolate
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- dentate or serrate
- Stipule:
- present
- Habitat:
- Batha, Phrygana
- Chorotype:
- Euro-Siberian - Med - Irano-Turanian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- mostly natural, also synanthropic
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Papilionaceae
- Genus:
- Medicago