Alfalfa
medicago sativa L.
Fabaceae



AKAs
Buffalo Grass
Buffalo Herb
Chilean Clover
Father of All Foods
Lucerne
Purple Medic

MEDICINAL PARTS
Flowers
Leaves
Seeds
Sprouts
Tops

Best used raw and fresh.

HABITAT
Indigenous to the Mediterranean,
but introduced worldwide.

DESCRIPTION
Perennial plant found on the borders of fields,
in low valleys, and widely cultivated.
Erect smooth stem grows
from a enlongated taproot to the height
of 12-18 inches and bears pinnately trifoliate leaves
with oblong-obovate or linear-oblong leaflets.
Blue or purplish flowers grow in rasemes from June-August,
producing finally the characteristic spirally seed pods.


ACTIONS
COMMON USE
CONDITION