BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)

Medicago
(medicks)

Medicago lupulina
(Black Medick)

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Medicago lupulina L. (Black Medick)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Medicago lupulina		9 June 2004	East Kent	England	6
Medicago lupulina	Plant	12 May 2001	Berks	England	3	5
Medicago lupulina	In fruit	1 July 2000	Berks	England	6	9
Medicago lupulina	Plant	12 September 1974	(Yorks)	England	1
Medicago lupulina	Plant	21 November 1970	(Norfolk)	England	1
Medicago lupulina	Plant	27 August 1970	E. Sussex	England	3

Suggested Literature

Medicago lupulina 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 lupulina:

(live)	live is parasitised by	Peronospora trifoliorum - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live)	live is parasitised by telium	Uromyces pisi-sativi - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	is foodplant of larva	Sitona humeralis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Morris, M.G., 1997
	is parasitised by	Erysiphe pisi var. pisi - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae)		Ing, B., 1990
	is associate of	Apion filirostre - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae)		Morris, M.G., 1990
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium	Uromyces pisi-sativi - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by erumpent apothecium	Leptotrochila medicaginis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale brown spots]
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by conidioma of Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph	Leptotrochila medicaginis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale brown spots]
leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by apothecium	Pseudopeziza medicaginis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes brown or yellowish spots]
leaf	leaf is grazed by	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
stem	stem may contain larva	Apion tenue - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae)		Morris, M.G., 1990

Medicago lupulina 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)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Morris, M.G., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils
Morris, M.G., 1997	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae