Fabaceae
Little bur-clover
Medicago minima
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Medicago
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Little bur-clover
Synonyms
- Medica hirsuta (L.) Bubani
- Medicago americana Larrañaga
- Medicago arabica var. echinata Weston
- Medicago brachyacantha A.Kern.
- Medicago elongata (Rochel) Simonk. ex Kern
- Medicago graeca Hornem.
- Medicago hirsuta (L.) Bartal.
- Medicago hirsutissima Cirillo ex Steud.
- Medicago inconspicua Nevski
- Medicago lineata Tausch
- Medicago meyeri Gruner
- Medicago minima f. glandulosa H.Lindb.
- Medicago minima f. mollissima (Roth) Urb.
- Medicago minima f. pubescens (Webb) Urb.
- Medicago minima f. pulchella (Lowe) Kožuharov
- Medicago minima f. viscida (W.D.J.Koch) Urb.
- Medicago minima subsp. brevispina (Benth.) Ponert
- Medicago minima subsp. ononidea Coincy ex Rouy
- Medicago minima subsp. pulchella (Lowe) Arcang.
- Medicago minima subvar. canescens (Ser.) Rouy
- Medicago minima subvar. elongata (Rochel) Rouy
- Medicago minima subvar. pubescens (Webb) Rouy
- Medicago minima subvar. stenophylla (Clavaud) Rouy
- Medicago minima subvar. viscida (W.D.J.Koch) Rouy
- Medicago minima var. brachyodon Rchb.
- Medicago minima var. brevispina Benth.
- Medicago minima var. canescens Ser.
- Medicago minima var. compacta Neyraut
- Medicago minima var. elongata Rochel
- Medicago minima var. exilis Lange
- Medicago minima var. graeca (Hornem.) Candargy
- Medicago minima var. hirsuta (L.) Mérat
- Medicago minima var. incana Gaudin
- Medicago minima var. intermedia Kožuharov
- Medicago minima var. longiseta Ser.
- Medicago minima var. longispina Lowe
- Medicago minima var. maior Moris
- Medicago minima var. maritima Gray
- Medicago minima var. mitis Phil.
- Medicago minima var. mollissima (Roth) W.D.J.Koch
and 21 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.