Alfalfa seedpods / Medicago sativa L.

I love seeing the curly seedpods of the Alfalfa plant (this is a macro shot), as well as the attractive flowers that can be green, white, blue, purple and any combination of these colours on one individual flower. Found these seedpods at the Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area.

"Alfalfa is widely grown throughout the world as forage for cattle, and is most often harvested as hay, but can also be made into silage, grazed, or fed as greenchop. Alfalfa has the highest feeding value of all common hay crops, being used less frequently as pasture. When grown on soils where it is well-adapted, alfalfa is the highest yielding forage plant." From Wikipedia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfalfa