Yellow-Prairie-Flower

Description:

Description: English: Yellow prairie flower - Medicago sativa - a member of the fabacae pea family A yellow to creamy white section of the Prairie Flower - in Saskatchewan - Canada. Description Plant has no tendrils. Flowers grow in clusters. Leaves oblong, teeth at the very tip, and cluster in in threes from a common point. Plants can be this creamy white flower, purple, or light blue-purple tinged with white. Many flowered clusters 2 to 3 cm long at stem tips. Plant forms a round clump across the prairie landscape no higher than about 8 inches. Found in open meadows and on the tops of riverbanks. Purple Prairie Flower..It has a curly seed pod of the Purple prairie flower - a type of Fabaceae -Alfalfa Medicago sativa- see close up at Image:SKFabaceae.JPG and summer plant at Image:PurplePrairieFlower.JPG Primary flower colours can range from Blue, Yellow, Purple..or blue-violet to purple. Primary color and any variations from this list: purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, red, pink or white. Compare to Plant Detail: Medicago sativa Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) - Poisonous Plant Information Effect of chickling vetch (Lathyrus sativus L.) or alfalfa.. The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan Alfalfa Medicago sativa A Field Guide to Wildflowers By Roger Tory Peterson, Margaret McKenny, National Audubon Society, Saskatchewan field in August, Alfalfa Medicago sativa. Source: Own work. Author: SriMesh.