Fabaceae
Hairy medick
Medicago monspeliaca
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Medicago
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Medicago monspeliacaFabaceae
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- فصة مونبلييه
- Bulgarian
- Монпелийски сминдух
- Czech
- Tolice thesalská
- English
- Hairy medick, Star-fruited fenugreek
- Japanese
- メディカゴ・モンスペリアカ
- Swedish
- Fransklusern
Synonyms
- Buceras elliptica Moench
- Buceras monspeliaca (L.) All.
- Falcatula monspeliaca (L.) Fourr.
- Telis monspeliaca (L.) Kuntze
- Trigonella divaricata Clairv.
- Trigonella monspeliaca L.
- Trigonella monspeliaca f. eigii Širj.
- Trigonella monspeliaca f. incisa Širj.
- Trigonella monspeliaca f. leiocarpa (W.D.J.Koch) Širj.
- Trigonella monspeliaca f. macrocarpa (Bornm.) Širj.
- Trigonella monspeliaca f. moabitica Širj. & Eig
- Trigonella monspeliaca f. naftolskyi (Eig) Širj.
- Trigonella monspeliaca f. nuda Širj.
- Trigonella monspeliaca f. petiolata (Post) Širj.
- Trigonella monspeliaca subsp. caulescens Feinbrun
- Trigonella monspeliaca subsp. subacaulis Feinbrun
- Trigonella monspeliaca var. glabrata Eig
- Trigonella monspeliaca var. leiocarpa W.D.J.Koch
- Trigonella monspeliaca var. macrocarpa Bornm.
- Trigonella monspeliaca var. naftolskyi Eig
- Trigonella monspeliaca var. petiolata Post
- Trigonella parviflora Sm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.