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Lucernes

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This small group of low, many-branched members of the pea family consists of plants that are closely-related and have an interesting association. Lucerne is an introduction to much of Northern Europe as a fodder crop for livestock, while Sickle Medick exists as a native in parts of Northern Europe - including East Anglia. Where these two forms of the same species have met, they have produced hybrids through cross-fertilisation and, since these hybrids are recognisable in their own right, they have been given a name as a'nothosubspecies', which means hybrid subspecies. The three may all be found growing together in Breckland, where both parents occur close to each other. It is possible, over time, that the genes of the new nothosubspecies may stabilise to form a new species, but at present, the crossing of a purple-flowered plant with a yellow-flowered one has created a bizarre assemblage of flowers as they hybrids receive mixed messages from their genes as to what colour the flowers sh

Lucernes What are they? This small group of low, many-branched members of the pea family consists of plants that are closely-related and have an interesting association. Lucerne is an introduction to much of Northern Europe as a fodder crop for livestock, while Sickle Medick exists as a native in parts of Northern Europe - including East Anglia. Where these two forms of the same species have met, they have produced hybrids through cross-fertilisation and, since these hybrids are recognisable in their own right, they have been given a name as a'nothosubspecies', which means hybrid…

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