BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Medicago sativa ssp. sativa L. (Lucerne, Alfalfa)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicago sativa ssp. sativa | Plant | 27 August 1970 | E. Sussex | England | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Medicago sativa ssp. sativa may be covered by literature listed under:
|
BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
PLANTAE (plants) |
SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants) |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Medicago sativa ssp. sativa:
| leaf | leaf is grazed by larva | Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata - Twenty-four-spot Ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) | 
|
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 [occasionally a minor pest] |
| leaf | leaf is grazed by adult | Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata - Twenty-four-spot Ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) |
|
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 [occasionally a minor pest] |
| leaf | leaf is grazed by larva | Hypera fuscocinerea - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) | 
|
Morris, M.G., 2002 |
| leaf | leaf is grazed by larva | Hypera postica - Clover Leaf Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) |
|
Morris, M.G., 2002 |
Medicago sativa ssp. sativa may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
FABACEAE (vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae) |
Medicago (medicks) |
Medicago sativa (Lucerne) |
References
| Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 | Ladybirds |
| Morris, M.G., 2002 | True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae |