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This question has zero utilitarian purpose and is purely out of curiosity.

Mature lucerne is huge compared to clover. But when it's 10 cm tall they look very similarly. How to tell what plant is there?

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Easy, Medicago species have the central leaflet on a longer petiole (stalk) than the other two. enter image description here

And clover enter image description here

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