菜苜蓿为豆科苜蓿属草本植物,食用幼苗、嫩叶。菜苜蓿包括紫花苜蓿和黄花苜蓿。紫花苜蓿又称紫苜蓿,宿根、草本多年生类蔬菜。黄花苜蓿即金花菜,别名南苜蓿、刺苜蓿、草头等。紫花苜蓿原产于地中海沿岸地区。人类种植紫花苜蓿作为牲畜饲料比其他任何植物的时间都长。在有历史记载以前就可能在西南亚种植过。波斯人在公元前490年入侵希腊时带入该国。历史学家推测紫花苜蓿在公元一世纪时从希腊引进意大利,从那时起即传至欧洲。西班牙开发者在15世纪 Vegetable clover Medicago sativa plants, edible seedlings, young leaves. Vegetable clover includes alfalfa and alfalfa. Alfalfa, also known as alfalfa, perennial, herbaceous perennial vegetables. Medicago sativa that cauliflower, alias Southern alfalfa, alfalfa, grass head and so on. Medicago sativa native to the Mediterranean coast. Alfalfa is planted as a livestock feed longer than any other plant. It may have been planted in Southwest Asia before historical records. The Persians brought into the country when they invaded Greece in 490 BC. Historians speculate that alfalfa was introduced into Italy from Greece in the first century and has since then reached Europe. Spanish developer in the 15th century