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Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

2,042Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
76Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar5
Apr32
May79
Jun417
Jul560
Aug534
Sep284
Oct66
Nov9
Dec6

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England91
2Sefton England89
3Suffolk England85
4Cambridgeshire England80
5Kent England68
6Norfolk England66
7Worcestershire England58
8Portsmouth England51
9Oxfordshire England50
10Halton England36
11Devon England32
12Nottinghamshire England30
13Dorset England29
14Doncaster England26
15Wirral England26
1,174 England17 Scotland18 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,042
Peak month
July
Counties with records
76
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Medicago sativa
Also known as
Medick
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
189
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Medicago
Name with authority
Medicago sativa L.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q156106 · GBIF 9151957