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Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

Photo by BlueAppaloosa
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Description:

Small purple pea-flowers on a bushy plant with small roundish leaves. I've seen flowers range in color from pure white to purple to blue. This one had particularly pretty coloration. Often used as a livestock feed.

Habitat:

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Flowers of North America
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Flowers in the Rocky Mountains - UT, CO, WY
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Edible and Medicinal Plants of Colorado
Photographed
PublishedOctober 31, 2014

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