Spotted Burclover

Spotted Burclover

Medicago arabica (L.) Hudson

Fabaceae (Legume Family)

▲ mature plant

▲ ▼ leaves with purplish splotches

▲ flowers

▲ fruit

Spotted Burclover: (not in Weeds of the Great Plains; not in Weeds of the Northeast)

spreading winter or summer annual with many branches and larger, trifoliate leaves with serrated edges and a purplish mark in the center of the leaflets
stems hairy, flowers yellow in clusters at leaf axils
fruit is bur-like
found in lawns, cultivated crops, disturbed sites; more common in southern U.S.