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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 3 - 6 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 12 inches
Fruit: Other: A head of kidney-shaped seedpods, black when ripe, each containing a single seed
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Suitable for forage
Edible Parts: Leaves
Seeds or Nuts
Eating Methods: Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
P (Phosphorus)
Resistances: Tolerates foot traffic
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Needs specific temperature: 50 to 75 °F
Other info: Soak seed for 12 hours before planting.
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Black Medic
  • Hop Clover
  • Black Medick

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Comments:
  • Posted by Marylyn (Houston, TX - Zone 9a) on Mar 23, 2015 10:49 PM concerning plant:
    This plant has popped up in between the bricks in my walkway, and in the poor soil between the walkways. It gets partial shade and absolutely no attention. It's a pretty mound of green and yellow right now, and looks much better than anything I have tried planting in that spot (except for the Vinca major 'Variegata,' aka "scary vinca," that I have been regretting and pulling for two years now), so I'm going to pull it from between the bricks and try to encourage it in the soil.

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