| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Medicago marina L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 779 (1753) |
| Native Range | Medit. to Caucasus, Canary Islands |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands |
| Altitude | 0-10m |
| Description | silvery hirsute, stems trailing, leaves alternate, petiolate, ternate, leaflets obovate, acute, 6-11mm, flowers in spherical heads of 5-12, corolla 6-10mm |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Medica marina (L.) Lam. Medica maritima Bubani Medica tomentosa Moench Medicago marina var. inermis Rouy Medicago marina f. tuberculata (Rouy) Asch. & Graebn. Medicago marina var. tuberculata Rouy Medicago maritima Pall. ex Georgi Medicago murex var. tuberculata Rouy |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, UKR Ukraine) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) |