A study published in 2021 records alfalfa (Medicago sativa) among the fodder crops cultivated on irrigated agricultural terraces of Al Jabal Al Akhdar in northern Oman.
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A study published in 2021 records alfalfa (Medicago sativa) among the fodder crops cultivated on irrigated agricultural terraces of Al Jabal Al Akhdar in northern Oman.
Under its treatment of Medicago sativa, GRIN lists areas it considers native in North Africa and broad parts of Europe and Asia. It lists several subspecies within this name, including subsp. sativa and subsp. falcata.
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In NAKTASHIF worlds:Gardens, farms and human-associated habitats
Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261107T090447353 · last approved 7 November 2026
GRIN records alfalfa as naturalized in Portugal (parts), Egypt, South Africa, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, the United States, Brazil (parts), Argentina, Chile, Uruguay (parts), Ecuador and Peru, and as adventive in Mexico. Flora of China describes it as native to northern and south-western Asia, probably also southern Europe, and now cosmopolitan.
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