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Little bur-clover

Medicago minima (L.) Bartal.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Medicago

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Little bur-clover: Zwerg-Schneckenklee ( Medicago minima ) bei Reilingen
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Common names

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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

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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.