Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	4-8 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Dry, Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	1.0
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Growth	Medium
Uses
Utility	Nitrogen fixer
Edible	true
Edible parts	Leaves, Seed
Edible uses	Oil
Warning	Weed potential
Names
Alternate name	Yellow alfalfa
Dutch name	Luzerneklaver
Taxonomy
Family	Fabaceae or leguminosae
Origin and spread
Native to	Algeria, East European Russia, France, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
Introduced into	Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Corse, Crozet Is., Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Ireland, Irkutsk, Japan, Jawa, Kentucky, Kerguelen, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Libya, Madeira, Magadan, Marianas, Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South Australia, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Yakutskiya, Yemen
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