Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) field, Idaho

Constantinos Petrinos / Tree medick (Medicago arborea) bushes in flower, Athens, Greece, Mediterranean, March.

Constantinos Petrinos / Tree medick (Medicago arborea) bush in flower, Tourkovounia hill, Athens, Greece, March.

Martin Gabriel / Yellow Broomrape (Orobanche lutea) flower, Krk Island, Croatia, June.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Medick Broomrape (Orobanche lutea), Ilbesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Medick Broomrape (Orobanche lutea), Ilbesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Richard Du Toit / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) parents and calf, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Albert Lleal / Medick (Medicago sp) fruit with spines to enable animal dispersal, magnification 20x

Albert Lleal / Medick (Medicago sp) fruit covered in spines to enable animal dispersal, magnification 17x

Colin Varndell / Black Medick (Medicago) flowers. Somerset, UK, May.

Angelo Gandolfi / Sea Medick (Medicago marina) flowering on sandy shore, Italy, May

Russell Cooper / Green Hairstreak Butterfly (Callophrys rubi) at rest on Black Medick (Medicago lupulina) Surrey, England, UK