Black Medick
Medicago lupulina
- Flowering period
- May–September
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- mäßig
Black Medick, also called hop clover, flowers from May to September in small yellow heads. The nectar value is good, the pollen value low to medium. It grows on summer-warm, moderately dry, base-rich loam soils along roadsides, in dry grassland and meadows and is recommended as seed for species-rich flower meadows. Because of its long flowering period it provides a trickle flow spread across the whole summer.
Sources (5)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Hopfenklee
- Bienenweidekatalog Baden-Württemberg, Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz mit Universität Hohenheim
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments
- Baude, Kunin, Memmott (2015): Nectar sugar values of common British plant species [AgriLand]
- Baude, Kunin, Davies, Wright, Memmott (2025): Pollen production values of common British plant species