| Medicago noeana | |
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| Seed pods of Medicago noeana next to a U.S. dime for scale. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Medicago |
| Species: | M. noeana |
| Binomial name | |
| Medicago noeana | |
Medicago noeana is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae family. [1] [2] It can be found throughout the Middle East. It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti , which is capable of nitrogen fixation.