Medicago rigida

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Adpressed-pubescent, branched from base; stems prostrate or ascending-erect, 5-15 cm. Stipules lanceolate-acuminate, dentate to incised. Leaflets obovate to obcordate, denticulate, 5-8 x 4-7 mm. Peduncle 2-4 mm. Flowers 7-12, forming dense spherical heads. Calyx campanulate, 3-4 mm; teeth linear-subulate, longer than tube. Corolla yellow, 5-6 mm. Legumes broadly linear, compressed, erect, straight but slightly curved and hooked towards tip, close-clustered, 0,6-1 x 0,2-0,3 cm, reticulate-nerved, 2-3-seeded. Seeds ovate to oblong, 2-2,5 x 1-1,5 mm, smooth. Fl. 4-6. Dry limestone slopes, sandy river bed, 120-900 m.

Endemic; E. Medit. element.