Fabaceae

Medick

Medicago monantha (C.A.Mey.) Trautv.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Medicago

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: فصة وحيدة السداة, نفل
Chinese: 单花苜蓿, 單花苜蓿, 单花胡卢巴, 二花胡卢巴, 孪花胡卢巴
English: Medick
Finnish: Sapelimailanen
Swedish: Sabellusern

Synonyms

Medicago dicarpa Trautv.
Medicago monantha subsp. incisa (Royle ex Benth.) Verloove & Lambinon
Medicago monantha subsp. noeana (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet
Medicago psilocarpa Trautv.
Telis brahuica (Boiss.) Kuntze
Telis incisa (Royle ex Benth.) Kuntze
Telis monantha (C.A.Mey.) Kuntze
Telis noeana (Boiss.) Kuntze
Trigonella brahuica Boiss.
Trigonella dicarpa C.A.Mey. ex Boiss.
Trigonella geminiflora Bunge
Trigonella geminiflora Boiss.
Trigonella geminiflora var. curvata Širj. & Rech.f.
Trigonella gemmiflora Bunge
Trigonella hamaticarpa Hausskn. & Bornm. ex Širj.
Trigonella incisa Royle ex Benth.
Trigonella incisa f. multiflora Širj.
Trigonella incisa var. geminiflora (Bunge) Boiss.
Trigonella macroglochin Durieu
Trigonella monantha C.A.Mey.
Trigonella monantha f. integrata Godr. ex Thell.
Trigonella monantha f. pinnatifida Thell.
Trigonella monantha subsp. geminiflora (Bunge) Rech.f.
Trigonella monantha subsp. incisa (Royle ex Benth.) Elenevsky & Kupat.
Trigonella monantha subsp. noeana (Boiss.) Hub.-Mor.
Trigonella monantha var. brachycarpa Boiss.
Trigonella monantha var. macroglochin (Durieu) Širj.
Trigonella noeana Boiss.
Trigonella noeana f. brachycarpa (Boiss.) Širj.
Trigonella noeana f. integrata Širj.
Trigonella noeana f. pedunculata Širj.
Trigonella noeana f. pinnatifida Beck ex Širj.
Trigonella noeana f. reticulata Širj.
Trigonella noeana f. tricarpa (Beck) Širj.
Trigonella noeana var. aleppica Zohary
Trigonella noeana var. minor Post
Trigonella noeana var. tricarpa Beck

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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