Alfalfa
Medicago sativa
- Average Seeds per Packet
- 50
- Packet Price
- £2.49
- Information
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Hardy Naturalised Herbaceous Perennial, usually of arable land; with dense heads of deep purplish-blue pea flowers on tall, leafy stems above rich green foliage in June to July.
Height x Spread:
30 in (75 cm) x 18 in (45 cm)
Wildlife Value:
Very attractive to Butterflies and Bees; it is a food plant of the Clouded Yellow, Pale Clouded Yellow and Short tailed Blue Butterfly Caterpillars.
Other Interest:
Was widely cultivated (as Alfalfa) as a fodder crop, and also used medicinally to relieve anæmia and hæmorrhaging.
