Some similarities to : Goat's Rue but the flowers of Goat's Rue are in a loose spire and those of Lucerne have purplish flowers with spiral pods.

Uniquely identifiable characteristics : The helter-skelter like spiral-wound flattened seed pods.

Distinguishing Feature :

In its cultivated form, Lucerne is better known as Alfalfa, Medicago Sativa. Grown as fodder for browsing animals it has a vety high protein content, about 27%. Because of widespread arable-land planting, it is to still to be found growing on field boundaries.

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