Fabaceae
Mediterranean medick
Medicago praecox
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Medicago
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- فصة مبكرة
- arz
- فصه مبكره
- Chinese
- 早花苜蓿
- English
- Mediterranean medick
- Swedish
- Vårlusern
- Vietnamese
- Linh lăng Địa Trung Hải
- Welsh
- Maglys cynnar
Synonyms
- Medica praecox (DC.) Bubani
- Medicago pontificalis Gennari
- Medicago praecox f. coerulea-venosa Urb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 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.