Medick

A Mediterranean annual with a roundish fruit.

Medicago murex is one of many Maditerranean annual medicks. Wach one has a different fruit shape.

Medicago murex is a Mediterranean annual. In Israel it is rare and endangered.

Its germination time, medicago fruits have several seeds, one germinated this year.

Medicago radiata is a common annual, found in the arid Middle East, but not penetrating the extreme desert. In Israel, it is frequent in hte Negev Desert Highlands. Here u can see a flower and a fruit. This fruit has only 1 (unfinished) coil, unlike many other medicks. The tiny flower is usually self-pollinated.

Medicago radiata is a common annual legume of the Middle Eastern Mountains.

and another view against the harsh sun.

This is the young fruit of Medicago radiata, when it matures it becomes round.

Medicago rotata is a common Mediterranean annual. It is hard to photograph it with the green beackground of other plants, so I shifted the stem on a neighbouring rock to solve this.

An annual Mediterranean species, scattered in Israel.

and here it is with my ring flash