Medicago praecox DC.
Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Genus: Medicago
Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona.
Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.
General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean
IUCN Category: Least concern
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Terophyte.
Habitat: Cultivated fields and herbaceous communities.
Characteristics: A small annual plant that passes without notice: not very attractive, and it sgrowth habit, prostrate in disturbed terrains. Leaves are trifoliate with the folioles obovate and serrate on the superior half. The stippules are very dentate. The floral penduncle is shorter thn the petiole of the contiguous leaf, which ends in a raceme of 1-2 yellow coloured flowers. The fruit is enrolled in a spiral of 3-3,5 turns in the form of spiny disc.