PEA FAMILY
Medicago orbicularis (LARGE DISK MEDICK)
(Çevrince, Kaba yonca, Para-para)
(Scheiben-Schneckenklee) Leguminosae (Fabeceae)
Annual herbs. Stem sprawling, up to 40 cm. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate; leaflets obovate to cuneate. Peduncle 1 -2-flowered. Calyx tubular or campanulate. Petals free at the base, yellow up to 5 mm. Fruit large, lenticular or discoid, always spineless, glabrous. Seeds 3-6 in each coil. Fl. February-June. Heavy soils, rocky slopes, cultivated and fallow fields, etc.
Mediterranean area, Syrian Desert, N. Iraq, Iran, Turkestan.
