Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill.
Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Genus: Medicago
Catalan common name: Melgó de botons.
Province distribution: Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.
General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean
IUCN Category: Least concern
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Terophyte.
Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated fields.
Characteristics: Medicago scutellata is an annual herbaceous plant of the fields and roadsides. Can be identified by its fruits; which form a helix of snail-turns, do not have spiney emergences and are more or less hemishperical. Flowers during the months of April and May.