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Wildflowers of the Stuttgart Area

Medicago sativa

Family :	LEGUMINOSAE/FABACEAE (Pea Family)
Common Name (UK) :	Alfalfa
Common Name (DE) :	Luzerne
Common Name (FR) :	Luzerne cultivée
Habitat :	marginal or waste ground as an escape.
Remarks :	Introduced to the U.S. and considered invasive.
First appearing :	May
Abundance :

Photo Date :May 31, 2004 Location :Along the trail that leads to the top of the Birkenkopf, Stuttgart West.
Photo Date :June 10, 2004 Location :Along the Bodensee between Meersburg and Friedrichshafen
Photo Date :June 10, 2004 Location :Along the Bodensee between Meersburg and Friedrichshafen
Photo Date :June 26, 2004 Location :Near Oberkirch , Black Forest/Rhine Valley
Photo Date :June 26, 2004 Location :Near Oberkirch , Black Forest/Rhine Valley