Medicago orthoceras

Şerit yonca

Adpressed-hairy, branched from base; stems decumbent to erect, 5-35 cm. Stipules semisagittate, dentate. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, dentate in the upper half, 6-15 x 3-8 mm. Peduncle 0-4 mm. Flowers 2-5. Calyx campanulate, 3-4 mm; teeth lanceolate-acuminate, about as long as tube. Corolla yellow, 4-5 mm. Legumes erect-spreading, linear, somewhat compressed, straight or slightly curved, 2-3,5 x 0,1-0,15 cm, reticulate-netted, areoles oblong lengthwise, shortly beaked, many-seeded. Seeds oblong-rhomboid, 2 x 1 mm, rugose. Fl. 6. Slopes, steppe, pastures, 1200-1900 m.

N. Iraq, S. Russia , Caucasia, Central Asia. Ir.-Tur. element.