Bed-jacket vs Water medick

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Medicago littoralis

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Water medick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Water medick
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Sapindaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Medicago
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Medicago littoralis

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Water medick share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Water medick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Water medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Water medick

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.