Fabaceae
Blackdisk medick
Medicago orbicularis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Medicago
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- فصة زرية
- arz
- فصه زريه
- Bulgarian
- Полска люцерна
- Chinese
- 圆盘苜蓿
- English
- Blackdisk medick
- Finnish
- Kiekkomailanen
- French
- Luzerne orbiculaire
- Hebrew
- אספסת עדשתית
- Hungarian
- Korongos lucerna
- Persian
- یونجه تکمهای
- Slovenian
- Okrogloplodna meteljka
- Spanish
- Caracolillo, Carreton ananillao, Carreton pelon
- Swedish
- Hjullusern
- Vietnamese
- Linh lăng quả tròn
Synonyms
- Medica inermis Lam.
- Medica orbicularis (L.) Medik.
- Medica orbiculata Bubani
- Medicago ambigua Jord. ex Boreau
- Medicago applanata Hornem.
- Medicago applanata Willd. ex Hornem.
- Medicago biancae (Tod. ex Urb.) P.Silva
- Medicago clypeata Lindl.
- Medicago cuneata J.Woods
- Medicago echinata Steud.
- Medicago marginata Willd.
- Medicago orbicularis f. applanata Costa
- Medicago orbicularis f. biancae (Tod. ex Urb.) Urb.
- Medicago orbicularis f. canescens Urb.
- Medicago orbicularis f. glanduligera Kožuharov
- Medicago orbicularis f. glandulosa Urb.
- Medicago orbicularis f. macrocarpa (Rouy) Casellas
- Medicago orbicularis f. pilosa Benth.
- Medicago orbicularis f. praecox Sinskaya
- Medicago orbicularis f. rubra Sinskaya
- Medicago orbicularis f. tardifolia Sinskaya
- Medicago orbicularis f. viridis Sinskaya
- Medicago orbicularis prol. marginata (Willd.) Rouy
- Medicago orbicularis subsp. castellana (J.Caselias) P.Monts.
- Medicago orbicularis subsp. marginata (Willd.) Nyman
- Medicago orbicularis var. applanata (Willd. ex Hornem.) Nègre
- Medicago orbicularis var. biancae Tod. ex Urb.
- Medicago orbicularis var. castellana J.Caselias
- Medicago orbicularis var. catholica Nègre
- Medicago orbicularis var. glandulosa (Urb.) Rouy
- Medicago orbicularis var. hebecarpa Pančić
- Medicago orbicularis var. macrocarpa Rouy
- Medicago orbicularis var. marginata (Willd.) Benth.
- Medicago orbicularis var. microcarpa Rouy
- Medicago orbicularis var. pilosa (Benth.) Urb.
- Medicago orbicularis var. undulata Rouy
- Medicago polymorpha var. orbicularis L.
- Medicago scutellata Pall. ex M.Bieb.
- Medicago viscidula Bellardi ex Colla
- Pocockia applanata (Willd. ex Hornem.) Trautv.
and 2 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gabri T, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: MurielBendel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugo Dumonteil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, 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.