Medicago praecox DC.
(Early Medick)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Medicago praecox (Early Medick)
Genus	Medicago (medicks)
Subfamily	FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
Family	FABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
Order	FABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Medicago praecox is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Faboideae)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Long, D.	2005	Medicago praecox	No 100 Page: front cover
	Norton, J.A	2005	More Mediterranean ’Aliens’ in Gosport	BSBI News No 100: 46-48, Plate 3.

Medicago praecox (Early Medick) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Medicago
(medicks)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Medicago praecox (Early Medick)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Medicago praecox (Early Medick)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Medicago praecox is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)