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Sourced5 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Gaertn.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 150 (1790)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1790	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Barrel medic	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Medit. to Iraq	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	8 cm	7.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 29 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 581, 654, 882	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 918	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877, 882	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	grey, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Maximum height	18 cm	17.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 581, 654, 882	Differs from sources
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 444	Sourced
Other
Halophyte status	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 877	Not on the record

Medicago truncatula Gaertn., 1790 22% complete

Barrel medic

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