trefle.io · Taken May 26, 2019 by Pep Secem (cc-by-sa)
Fabaceae
Nonesuch
Medicago lupulina
Also known as Medicago lupulina var. glandulosa, Medicago lupulina f. unguiculata, Medicago lupulina subsp. cupaniana, Yellow trefoil
Native Plants · Black-Medick · Nitrogen-Fixing · Legume · Poor-Soil · Naturalizing · Low-Growing · Yellow-Flowers · Soil-Improvement · Hardy
Black medick is a low-growing legume that fixes nitrogen in the soil and requires virtually no care. It produces small yellow flowers and thrives in poor soils where other plants struggle. This plant is excellent for naturalizing and improving soil fertility in challenging locations.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly, this plant prefers well-draining soil · Every 7-14 days, drought tolerant once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–8
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 16 in
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Bulgaria
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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