Pronunciation: Xu

Alfalfa is the general name of alfalfa, commonly known as "clover" (clover can also be called other clover plants). It is a perennial flowering plant. One of the most famous is alfalfa as a pasture. This is livestock feed.

Annual or perennial herbs; Pinnate 3 leaflets, leaflets with small teeth, veins extending to the end of teeth; Stipules are United with petioles; Flowers are small, forming axillary short racemes or heads; Calyx teeth nearly equal length; Corolla yellow or purple, flag obovate or oblong, base tapering, subsessile, keel obtuse, shorter than wings; Stamens 10, dimorphic (9+1); Ovary has many ovules, short style, flat or conical; The pod is twisted, often shell-shaped or curved sickle-shaped, not cracked, smooth or spiny, 1 to several seeds. Can be used as food, blanched with hot water, cold food, excellent taste.